Microsens MS453490M Management Guide User Manual

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Configuring 802.1X Port Authentication

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Max-Request – Sets the maximum number of times the switch port

will retransmit an EAP request packet to the client before it times out

the authentication session. (Range: 1-10; Default 2)

Quiet Period – Sets the time that a switch port waits after the Max

Request Count has been exceeded before attempting to acquire a new

client. (Range: 1-65535 seconds; Default: 60 seconds)

Tx Period – Sets the time period during an authentication session that

the switch waits before re-transmitting an EAP packet.

(Range: 1-65535; Default: 30 seconds)

Supplicant Timeout – Sets the time that a switch port waits for a
response to an EAP request from a client before re-transmitting an EAP

packet. (Range: 1-65535; Default: 30 seconds)
This command attribute sets the timeout for EAP-request frames other

than EAP-request/identity frames. If dot1x authentication is enabled on

a port, the switch will initiate authentication when the port link state

comes up. It will send an EAP-request/identity frame to the client to

request its identity, followed by one or more requests for authentication

information. It may also send other EAP-request frames to the client

during an active connection as required for reauthentication.

Server Timeout – Sets the time that a switch port waits for a response

to an EAP request from an authentication server before re-transmitting

an EAP packet. (Fixed Setting: 10 seconds)

Re-authentication Status – Sets the client to be re-authenticated

after the interval specified by the Re-authentication Period. Re-

authentication can be used to detect if a new device is plugged into a

switch port. (Default: Disabled)

Re-authentication Period – Sets the time period after which a

connected client must be re-authenticated. (Range: 1-65535 seconds;

Default: 3600 seconds)

Intrusion Action – Sets the port’s response to a failed authentication.

Block Traffic – Blocks all non-EAP traffic on the port. (This is the

default setting.)

Guest VLAN – All traffic for the port is assigned to a guest VLAN.

The guest VLAN must be separately configured (See

"Configuring

VLAN Groups" on page 158

) and mapped on each port (See

"Configuring Network Access for Ports" on page 280

).

Authenticator PAE State Machine

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

authenticating, authenticated, aborting, held, force_authorized,

force_unauthorized).

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

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