EKI-7659C User Manual 130C.4 SecurityIn this section, you can configure 802.1x and MAC address table.C.4.1 802.1x/RADIUS802.1x is an IEEE authentication specification that allows a client to connect to awireless access point or wired switch but prevents the client from gaining access to theInternet until it provides authority, like a user name and password that are verified by aseparate server.After enabling the IEEE 802.1X function, you can configure the parameters of thisfunction.Radius Server Settings:• IEEE 802.1x Protocol: .enable or disable 802.1x protocol.• Radius Server IP: set the Radius Server IP address.• Server Port: set the UDP destination port for authentication requests to thespecified Radius Server.• Accounting Port: set the UDP destination port for accounting requests to thespecified Radius Server.• Shared Key: set an encryption key for using during authentication sessions with thespecified radius server. This key must match the encryption key used on the RadiusServer.• NAS, Identifier: set the identifier for the radius client.Advanced Settings:• Quiet Period: set the period during which the port doesn’t try to acquire a supplicant.• TX Period: set the period the port wait for retransmit next EAPOL PDU during anauthentication session.• Supplicant Timeout: set the period of time the switch waits for a supplicantresponse to an EAP request.• Server Timeout: set the period of time the switch waits for a server response to anauthentication request.• Max Requests: set the number of authentication that must time-out beforeauthentication fails and the authentication session ends.• Reauth period: set the period of time after which clients connected must be re-authenticated.• Click ‘Apply’.
