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authentication server cannot be reached, the switch can retransmit the request. If no

response is received from the server after the specified number of attempts,

authentication fails, and network access is not granted.

When a client logs off, it sends an EAPOL-logoff message, causing the switch port to

transition to the unauthorized state.

If the link state of a port transitions from up to down, or if an EAPOL-logoff frame is

received, the port returns to the unauthorized state.

System Configuration

802.1x makes use of the physical access characteristics of IEEE802 LAN

infrastructures in order to provide a means of authenticating and authorizing devices

attached to a LAN port that has point-to-point connection characteristics, and of

preventing access to that port in cases in which the authentication and authorization

process fails.

To enable 802.1x, from System \ System Information \ Misc Config then you still to fill

in the authentication server information:

Figure 88: System information \ Misc Configuration\ 802.1x Protocol

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