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Configuring global 802.1X settings
Configuring global 802.1X settings
The service controller provides several 802.1X settings that apply globally to all 802.1X
connections. To configure these settings, select Authentication > 802.1X.
Configurable parameters on the 802.1X configuration page include the following:
Supplicant timeout: Specify the maximum length of time the service controller will
wait for a client station to respond to an EAPOL packet before resending it.
If wireless client stations are configured to manually specify the 802.1X username or
password, or both, increase the value of the timeout to between 15 and 20 seconds.
Reauthentication: Enable this option to force 802.1X clients to reauthenticate after the
specified Period. This option is disabled by default.
Period: Client stations must reauthenticate after this amount of time has passed
since their last reauthentication.
Terminate: Specifies how client traffic is handled during reauthentication.
Disabled: Client stations remain connected during reauthentication and traffic is
blocked only if reauthentication fails.
Enabled: Client traffic is blocked during reauthentication and is activated again
only if authentication succeeds.
Configuring MAC lists
MAC lists can be used by the switch ports on an MSM317 to restrict access to specific devices
based on their MAC addresses.
For information on using MAC lists and filtering with respect to the MSM317, see the
MSM317 Access Device Installation and Getting Started Guide.
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