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Guest VLAN Settings, 1X User, Password, Confirm Password, Apply, Delete

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xStack® DGS-3120 Series Managed Switch Web UI Reference Guide Figure 8-11 802.1X User Settings window The fields that can be configured are described below: Parameter Description 802.1X User The user can enter an 802.1X user's username in here. Password The user can enter an 802.1X user's password in here. Confirm Password The user can re-enter an 802.1X user's password in here. Click the Apply button to accept the changes made. Click the Delete button to remove the specific entry. NOTE: The 802.1X User and Password values should be less than 16 characters. Guest VLAN Settings On 802.1X security-enabled networks, there is a need for non- 802.1X supported devices to gain limited access to the network, due to lack of the proper 802.1X software or incompatible devices, such as computers running Windows 98 or older operating systems, or the need for guests to gain access to the network without full authorization or local authentication on the Switch. To supplement these circumstances, this switch now implements 802.1X Guest VLANs. These VLANs should have limited access rights and features separate from other VLANs on the network. To implement 802.1X Guest VLANs, the user must first create a VLAN on the network with limited rights and then enable it as an 802.1X guest VLAN. Then the administrator must configure the guest accounts accessing the Switch to be placed in a Guest VLAN when trying to access the Switch. Upon initial entry to the Switch, the client wishing services on the Switch will need to be authenticated by a remote RADIUS Server or local authentication on the Switch to be placed in a fully operational VLAN. Figure 8-12 Guest VLAN Authentication Process If authenticated and the authenticator possess the VLAN placement information, that client will be accepted into the fully operational target VLAN and normal switch functions will be open to the client. If the authenticator does not have target VLAN placement information, the client will be returned to its originating VLAN. Yet, if the client is denied authentication by the authenticator, it will be placed in the Guest VLAN where it has limited rights and access. The adjacent figure should give the user a better understanding of the Guest VLAN process. 203

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xStack® DGS-3120 Series Managed Switch Web UI Reference Guide
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Figure 8–11 802.1X User Settings window
The fields that can be configured are described below:
Parameter
Description
802.1X User
The user can enter an 802.1X user’s username in here.
Password
The user can enter an 802.1X user’s password in here.
Confirm Password
The user can re-enter an 802.1X user’s password in here.
Click the
Apply
button to accept the changes made.
Click the
Delete
button to remove the specific entry.
NOTE:
The
802.1X User
and
Password
values should be less than 16 characters.
Guest VLAN Settings
On 802.1X security-enabled networks, there is a need
for non- 802.1X supported devices to gain limited
access to the network, due to lack of the proper 802.1X
software or incompatible devices, such as computers
running Windows 98 or older operating systems, or the
need for guests to gain access to the network without
full authorization or local authentication on the Switch.
To supplement these circumstances, this switch now
implements 802.1X Guest VLANs. These VLANs
should have limited access rights and features separate
from other VLANs on the network.
To implement 802.1X Guest VLANs, the user must first
create a VLAN on the network with limited rights and
then enable it as an 802.1X guest VLAN. Then the
administrator must configure the guest accounts
accessing the Switch to be placed in a Guest VLAN
when trying to access the Switch. Upon initial entry to
the Switch, the client wishing services on the Switch will
need to be authenticated by a remote RADIUS Server
or local authentication on the Switch to be placed in a
fully operational VLAN.
Figure 8–12 Guest VLAN Authentication Process
If authenticated and the authenticator possess the VLAN placement information, that client will be accepted into the
fully operational target VLAN and normal switch functions will be open to the client. If the authenticator does not
have target VLAN placement information, the client will be returned to its originating VLAN. Yet, if the client is
denied authentication by the authenticator, it will be placed in the Guest VLAN where it has limited rights and
access. The adjacent figure should give the user a better understanding of the Guest VLAN process.