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CHAPTER 7: ACCESS USING RADIUS CONFIGURING 802.1X WITH ENERVISTA SECURE WEB MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE
MULTILINK ML1600 ETHERNET COMMUNICATIONS SWITCH – INSTRUCTION MANUAL 7–11
Z Ensure that the port which has the RADIUS server is force
authorized and asserted.
For other ports (user ports), it is best to leave the Control on auto
and Initialize on de-asserted.
To change the port access characteristics when authenticating with a RADIUS server,
Z Select the Configuration > Radius > Port > Access menu item.
The Quiet Period column represents the time, in seconds, the supplicant is held after an
authentication failure before the authenticator retries the supplicant for connection. The
value ranges from 0 to 65535 seconds, with a default of 60.
The Max Reauth column shows the permitted reauthentication attempts before the port
becomes unauthorized. Values are integers ranging from 0 to 10, with a default of 2.
The Tx Period column represents the transmit period. This is the time (in seconds) the
authenticator waits to transmit another request for identification from the supplicant. The
values range from 1 to 65535 seconds, with a default of 30.