Allied Telesis AT-S81 User Manual

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Chapter 13: 802.1x Network Access Control

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Section I: Using the Menus Interface

F (Force-authorized) - Disables IEEE 802.1x authentication and
causes the port to transition to the authorized state without any
authentication exchange required. The port transmits and receives
normal traffic without 802.1x-based authentication of the client.
This is the default setting.

b. Type A, U, or F.

8. To configure the transmission period, do the following:

a. Type T to select Transmission Period.

The following prompt is displayed:

Enter transmission period >

This parameter sets the number of seconds that the switch waits
for a response to an EAP-request/identity frame from the client
before retransmitting the request. The default value is 30 seconds.
The range is 1 to 65,535 seconds.

b. Type a number for the transmission period.

9. To set the supplicant timeout, do the following:

a. Type L to select Supplicant Timeout.

The following prompt is displayed:

Enter supplicant timeout value >

This parameter sets the switch-to-client retransmission time for the
EAP-request frame. The default value for this parameter is 30
seconds. The range is 1 to 600 seconds.

b. Type a number for the supplicant timeout.

10. To set the server timeout, do the following:

a. Type O to select Server Timeout.

The following prompt is displayed:

Enter transmission period >

This parameter sets the timer used by the switch to determine
authentication server timeout conditions. The default value for this
parameter is 10 seconds. The range is 1 to 60 seconds.

b. Type a number for the server timeout.

11. To set the maximum number of requests, do the following:

a. Type M to select Maximum Request.

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