User Manual

S350 Series 24-Port (PoE+) and 48-Port Gigabit Ethernet Smart Switches
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• Resending EAP. Specify the EAP retransmit period for the selected port. The
transmit period is the time in seconds, after which an EAPoL EAP Request/Identify
frame is resent to the supplicant.
• MAX EAP Requests. Specify the maximum number of EAP requests for the port.
The value is the maximum number of times an EAPoL EAP Request/Identity
message is retransmitted before the supplicant times out.
• Supplicant Timeout. Specify the supplicant time-out for the port.
The supplicant
time-out is the time in seconds after which the supplicant times out.
• Server Timeout. Specify the time that elapses before the switch resends a request to
the authentication server
.
8. Click the Apply button.
Your settings are saved.
The following table describes the port authentication status information available on the
page.
Table 56. Port authentication status information
Field Description
Control Direction The control direction for the specified port, which is always Both. The control
direction dictates the degree to which protocol exchanges take place between
supplicant and authenticator
.The unauthorized controlled port exerts control over
communication in both directions (disabling both incoming and outgoing frames).
PAE Capabilities The port access entity (PAE) functionality of the selected port. The option is
Authenticator or Supplicant.
Initialize 802.1X on a Port
To initialize 802.1X on a port:
1. Connect your computer to the same network as the switch.
You can use a WiFi or wired connection to connect your computer to the network, or
connect directly to a switch that is of
f-network using an Ethernet cable.
2. Launch a web browser.
3. In the address field of your web browser
, enter the IP address of the switch.
If you do not know the IP address of the switch, see
Discover or Change the Switch IP
Address on page 12.
The login window opens.
4. Enter the switch’
s password in the Password field.
The default password is password.
The System Information page displays.
5. Select Security > Port
Authentication > Advanced > Port Authentication.