DES-3010F/DES-3010FL/DES-3010G/DES-3018/DES-3026 Fast Ethernet Switch Manual
Backend State
The Backend Authentication State will display one of the following:
Request,
Response, Success, Fail, Timeout, Idle
or
Initialize.
Open Dir
The Operational Controlled Directions are
both
and
in
.
Port Status
The status of the controlled port can be
Authorized
or
Unauthorized.
Initializing Ports for MAC Based 802.1x
To initialize ports for the MAC side of 802.1x, the user must first enable 802.1x by MAC address in the
Advanced
Settings
window. Click
Security > 802.1X > 802.1X Initialize Ports
to view the following window:
Figure 10- 17. Initialize Ports (MAC based 802.1x)
To initialize ports, first choose the range of ports in the
From
and
To
field. Then the user must specify the MAC address to
be initialized by entering it into the
MAC Address
field and checking the corresponding check box. To begin the
initialization, click
Apply
.
NOTE:
The user must first globally enable 802.1X in the
DES-3018 Web
Management Tool
window before reauthenticating ports. Information in the
Initialize
Ports Table
cannot be viewed before enabling 802.1X.
NOTE:
The uplink module ports (DES-3010F/FL/G ports 9-10, DES-3018 ports 17-18,
DES-3026 ports 25-26) do not support the 802.1X function.
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