LevelOne GTL-2691 User Manual

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| Authentication Commands

802.1X Port Authentication

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Reauth Max Retries – Maximum number of reauthentication

attempts.

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Max Request – Maximum number of times a port will retransmit an

EAP request/identity packet to the client before it times out the

authentication session (

page 902

).

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Operation Mode– Shows if single or multiple hosts (clients) can

connect to an 802.1X-authorized port.

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Port Control–Shows the dot1x mode on a port as auto, force-

authorized, or force-unauthorized (

page 904

).

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Intrusion Action– Shows the port response to intrusion when

authentication fails (

page 901

).

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Supplicant– MAC address of authorized client.

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Authenticator PAE State Machine

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State – Current state (including initialize, disconnected, connecting,

authenticating, authenticated, aborting, held, force_authorized,

force_unauthorized).

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Reauth Count– Number of times connecting state is re-entered.

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Current Identifier– The integer (0-255) used by the Authenticator to

identify the current authentication session.

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Backend State Machine

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State – Current state (including request, response, success, fail,

timeout, idle, initialize).

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Request Count– Number of EAP Request packets sent to the

Supplicant without receiving a response.

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Identifier (Server)– Identifier carried in the most recent EAP

Success, Failure or Request packet received from the Authentication

Server.

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Reauthentication State Machine

State – Current state (including initialize, reauthenticate).

E

XAMPLE

Console#show dot1x

Global 802.1X Parameters

System Auth Control : Enabled

Authenticator Parameters:

EAPOL Pass Through : Disabled

802.1X Port Summary

Port Type Operation Mode Control Mode Authorized

-------- ------------- -------------- ------------------ ----------

1/1 Disabled Single-Host ForceAuthorized N/A

1/2 Disabled Single-Host ForceAuthorized N/A

.

.

.

1/25 Disabled Single-Host ForceAuthorized Yes

1/26 Enabled Single-Host Auto Yes

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