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DWS-3160 Series Gigabit Ethernet Unified Switch Web UI Reference Guide Compound Authentication Settings Users can configure Authorization Network State Settings and compound authentication methods for a port or ports on the Switch. To view this window, click Security > Compound Authentication > Compound Authentication Settings as shown below: Figure 11-37 Compound Authentication Settings window The fields that can be configured are described below: Parameter Description Authorization Attributes State Authentication Server Failover From Port / To Port Authentication Methods Click the radio buttons to enable or disable the Authorization Network State. Click the radio buttons to configure the authentication server failover function. Local. The switch will resort to using the local database to authenticate the client. If the client fails on local authentication, the client is regarded as unauthenticated, otherwise, it authenticated. Permit. The client is always regarded as authenticated. If guest VLAN is enabled, clients will stay on the guest VLAN, otherwise, they will stay on the original VLAN. Block (default setting). The client is always regarded as un-authenticated. Use the drop-down menus to select a range of ports to be enabled as compound authentication ports. The compound authentication method options include: None, Any (MAC, 802.1X, or CP), 802.1X+IMPB, MAC+IMPB, and IMPB+CP. None - all compound authentication methods are disabled. Any (MAC, 802.1X or CP) - if any of the authentication methods pass, then access will be granted. In this mode, MAC, 802.1X, and CP can be enabled 219