Chapter 18 Port Authentication
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Advanced Application > Port Authentication > MAC Authentication
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 78 Advanced Application > Port Authentication > MAC Authentication
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
Active
Select this check box to permit MAC authentication on the Switch.
Note: You must first enable MAC authentication on the Switch before configuring it
on each port.
Name Prefix
Type the prefix that is appended to all MAC addresses sent to the RADIUS server for
authentication. You can enter up to 32 printable ASCII characters.
If you leave this field blank, then only the MAC address of the client is forwarded to the RADIUS
server.
Delimiter
Select the delimiter the RADIUS server uses to separate the pairs in MAC addresses used as the
account username (and password). You can select
Dash
(-),
Colon
(:), or
None
to use no
delimiters at all in the MAC address.
Case
Select the case (
Upper
or
Lower
) the RADIUS server requires for letters in MAC addresses used
as the account username (and password).
Password Type
Select
Static
to have the Switch send the password you specify below or
MAC-Address
to use
the client MAC address as the password.
Password
Type the password the Switch sends along with the MAC address of a client for authentication
with the RADIUS server. You can enter up to 32 printable ASCII characters.
