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Bridge GUI Guide: Network Configuration
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Figure 3.29. Advanced View
Ethernet Port Settings
screen,
wan
port, ES210, ES440, ES820
3.7.4 Port Fortress Security
When Fortress Security is Enabled on a port, traffic on that port
is subject to Fortress’s Mobile Security Protocol (MSP), as
configured on the Bridge itself (refer to Section 4.1). Such a
port is also known as an
encrypted port.
When
Fortress Security is Disabled, traffic on the port is exempt
from Fortress’s MSP.
NOTE: The cur-
rent
Cleartext traf-
fic setting is shown in
the upper left of all
Bridge GUI screens.
If Cleartext Traffic is Enabled on the Bridge (Section 4.1.10),
configured cleartext devices (Section 4.5.3) are exempt from
MSP and permitted to pass clear text on the Bridge’s encrypted
ports.
Refer to Table 3.12, above, to determine the default
Fortress
Security settings for a given Bridge model’s Ethernet ports.
3.7.5 Port 802.1X Authentication
Enabling 802.1X Auth. requires that devices connecting to the
port are 802.1X supplicants successfully authenticated by the
802.1X service configured on or for the Bridge (
Enabled) or
allows non-802.1X authenticated devices to connect (
Disabled).
802.1X is disabled on all ports by default. (Refer to Section 4.3
to configure an 802.1X server for the Bridge.)
3.7.6 Port Default VLAN ID and Port Switching Mode
Two settings configure the port’s VLAN handling:
Default VLAN ID associates the port with the specified
VLAN ID. The Bridge supports VLAN IDs
14094. If the
VLAN ID you enter is not already present on the
VLAN
Active ID Table
(Section 3.9.3), it will be added. The default
is
1.
Switching Mode establishes the port’s behavior with regard
to data packet VLAN tagging.
Access - (the default) configures the port to accept only:
(1) packets that do not contain VLAN tags and
(2) specialized priority-tagged packets, which provide
support for Ethernet QoS exclusive of VLAN
implementations.