WFS709TP ProSafe Smart Wireless Switch Software Administration Manual
Configuring 802.1x Authentication 7-7
v1.0, June 2007
Table 7-2 describes the Advanced Configuration page fields.
Figure 7-4
Table 7-2. Advanced Authentication Fields
Field Description Default
Authentication Server
Timeout
Time in seconds after which the authentication server is timed
if it fails to respond.
30
Client Response Timeout Time in seconds after which the client is timed out if it fails to
respond.
30
Authentication Failure
Timeout
Time in seconds after which the transaction is marked as
failed if an authentication packet has not been received.
30
Client Retry Count Number of attempts the WFS709TP makes to obtain an
authentication from a client.
3
Server Retry Count Number of attempts the WFS709TP makes to obtain an
authentication from a server.
2
Key Retry Count Number of attempts the WFS709TP makes to obtain the key. 1
Reauthentication Time
Interval
The time period between re-authentication of supplicants.
Unicast keys are updated after each re-authorization.
86400 seconds
Enable Multicast Key
Rotation
Enables the rotation of multicast keys. Multicast keys are used
to encrypt multicast packets generated for each AP. Multicast
keys are associated with each SSID.
Disabled