User Guide

Chapter 5
Advanced Configuration
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WebView Switches
Use the Setting Timer button to open the Setting Timer
screen to configure ports for 802.1x functionality.
802.1x Settings > Setting Timer
802.1x Settings > Setting Timer
Port Indicates the port name.
Reauthentication Period Specifies the number of
seconds in which the selected port is reauthenticated
(Range: 300–4,294,967,295). The field default is 3600
seconds.
Quiet Period Specifies the number of seconds that
the switch remains in the quiet state following a failed
authentication exchange (Range: 0–65,535).
Resending EAP Specifies the number of seconds that the
switch waits for a response to an EAP - request/identity
frame, from the supplicant (client), before resending the
request.
Max EAP Requests Displays the total amount of EAP
requests sent. If a response is not received after the
defined period, the authentication process is restarted.
The field default is 2 retries.
Supplicant Timeout Displays the number of seconds that
lapses before EAP requests are resent to the supplicant
(Range: 1–65,535). The field default is 30 seconds.
Server Timeout Specifies the number of seconds
(1–65,535) that lapses before the switch resends a request
to the authentication server. The default is 30 seconds.
Security > Port Security
Network security can be increased by limiting access on
a specific port only to users with specific MAC addresses.
MAC addresses can be dynamically learned or statically
configured. Locked port security monitors both received
and learned packets that are received on specific ports.
Access to the locked port is limited to users with specific
MAC addresses. These addresses are either manually
defined on the port, or learned on that port up to the
point when it is locked. When a packet is received on a
locked port, and the packet source MAC address is not tied
to that port (either it was learned on a different port, or it
is unknown to the system), the protection mechanism is
invoked, and can provide various options. Unauthorized
packets arriving at a locked port are either:
Forwarded •
Discarded with no trap •
Discarded with a trap •
Cause the port to be shut down. •
Locked port security also enables storing a list of MAC
addresses in the configuration file. The MAC address list
can be restored after the device has been reset.
Disabled ports are activated from the Port Security page.
Security > Port Security
Interface Displays the port or LAG name.
Lock Interface Selecting this option locks the specified
interface.