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EAP (Port) Configuration Screen
3-40 Accessing Local Management
Field Descriptions
Refer to Table 3-11 for a functional description of each screen field.
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Table 3-11 EAP Port Configuration Screen Field Descriptions
Use this field… To…
Port
(Read-Only)
See the port number of all ports known to the device. Up to 10 ports
can be displayed as a time. Highlight NEXT and press ENTER to
display the next set of ports.
Authentication State
(Read-Only)
See the current authentication state of each port.
These following nine described states are the possible internal states
for the authenticator. Some states are simply pass-through states
causing a small action and immediately moving to a new state.
Therefore, not all states can be observed for this interface.
• initialize: A port is in the initialize state when:
a. EAP authentication is disabled,
b. EAP authentication is enabled and the port is not linked, or
c. EAP authentication is enabled and the port is linked. (In this case
very little time is spent in this state, it immediately transitions to
the connecting state, via disconnected.
• disconnected: The port passes through this state on its way to
connected whenever the port is reinitialized, via link state change,
reauthentication failure, or management intervention.
• connecting: While in this state, the authenticator sends request/ID
messages to the supplicant.
• authenticating: The port enters this state from connecting after
receiving a response/ID from the supplicant. It remains in this state
until the entire authentication exchange between the supplicant and
the authentication server completes.
• authenticated: The port enters this state from authenticating state
after the exchange completes with a favorable result. It remains in
this state until linkdown, logoff, or until a reauthentication begins.