Table 35: 802.1X Authentication Status Menu Options
To change
Description
Option
Display only. Cannot configure.
Real-time progress of the 802.1X
authentication status. Displays one of the
following states:
•
Disabled: 802.1X is disabled and the
transaction was not attempted.
•
Disconnected: Physical link is down
or is disconnected.
•
Connecting: System is trying to
discover or acquire the authenticator.
•
Acquired: Authenticator has been
acquired. System is waiting for
authentication to begin.
•
Authenticating: Authentication is in
progress.
•
Authenticated: Authentication was
successful or implicit authentication
occurred due to timeouts.
•
Held: Authentication failed. System
is waiting before next attempt
(approximately 60 seconds).
802.1X Authentication
Status
Set Device Authentication Field
Procedure
Step 1
Choose
Settings
>
Security Configuration
>
802.1X Authentication
>
Device Authentication
.
Step 2
Set the Device Authentication option to
Enabled
or
Disabled
.
Step 3
Press
Save
.
Set EAP-MD5 Shared Secret Field
See
Cisco Unified IP Phone Security Problems, on page 222
for recovery of a deleted shared secret.
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802.1X Authentication and Status Menus