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4.9.6 Multiple Hosts

The Multiple Hosts screen (see figure 4-44) allows network managers to configure advanced port-based

authentication settings for specific ports and VLANs.

Figure 4-44 Multiple Hosts screen

The Page contains the following fields:

Port#

Displays the port number for which advanced port-based
authentication is enabled.

Multiple Hosts

Enable

When checked, indicates that multiple hosts are enabled. Multiple
hosts must be enabled in order to either disable the ingress-filter, or to
use port-lock security on the selected port.

Action on Violation This defines the action to be applied to packets arriving in single-host

mode, from a host whose MAC address is not the supplicant MAC
address. The possible field values are:

Discard, which discards the packets. This is the default value.

Forward, by which forwards the packet.

Discard Disable, discards the packets and shuts down the port.

The ports remains shut down until reactivated, or until the device
is reset.

Enable Traps

When checked, indicates that traps are enabled for Multiple Hosts

Trap Frequency

Defines the time period by which traps are sent to the host. The Trap

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