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D-Link Unified Access System Software User Manual 12/10/09 Table 243: Port Access Control Port Configuration Fields (Cont.) Field Transmit Period (secs) Guest VLAN ID Guest VLAN Period (secs) Unauthenticated VLAN ID Supplicant Timeout (secs) Server Timeout (secs) Maximum Requests Reauthentication Period (secs) Reauthentication Enabled Maximum Users Description Defines the transmit period for the selected port. The transmit period is the value, in seconds, of the timer used by the authenticator state machine on the specified port to determine when to send an EAPOL EAP Request/Identity frame to the supplicant. The transmit period must be a number in the range of 1 and 65535. The default value is 30. Defines the Guest VLAN ID on the interface. The valid range is 0 to 3965. The default value is 0. Enter zero (0) to clear the Guest VLAN ID on the interface. Defines the Guest VLAN period for the selected port. The Guest VLAN period is the value, in seconds, of the timer used by the Guest VLAN Authentication. The Guest VLAN timeout must be a value in the range of 1 to 300. The default value is 90. Defines the Unauthenticated VLAN ID for the selected port. The valid range is 0 to 3965. The default value is zero (0). Enter zero (0) to clear the Unauthenticated VLAN ID on the interface. Defines the amount of time that lapses before EAP requests are resent to the user. The value must be in the range of 1 to 65535 seconds. The value is 30 seconds. Defines the amount of time that lapses before the switch resends a request to the authentication server. The field value is in seconds. The range is 1-65535, and the field default is 30 seconds. Defines the maximum number of times the switch can send an EAP request before restarting the authentication process if it does not receive a response. The possible field range is 1-10. The field default is 2 retries. Indicates the time span in which the selected port is reauthenticated. The field value is in seconds. The range is 1 - 65535, and the field default is 3600 seconds. Reauthenticates the selected port periodically, when enabled. The default value is False. Defines the maximum number of clients that can get authenticated on the port in the MAC-based dot1x authentication mode. The range is 1 to 16. The default value is 16. • Click Submit to send the updated screen to the switch and cause the changes to take effect on the switch but these changes will not be retained across a power cycle unless a save is performed. • Click Refresh to update the information on the screen. • Click Initialize to begin the initialization sequence on the selected port. This button is only selectable if the control mode is 'auto'. If the button is not selectable, it will be grayed out. Once this button is pressed, the action is immediate. It is not required to press the Submit button for the action to occur. • Click Reauthenticate to begin the reauthentication sequence on the selected port. This button is only selectable if the control mode is 'auto'. If the button is not selectable, it will be grayed out. Once this button is pressed, the action is immediate. It is not required to press the Submit button for the action to occur. PORT ACCESS ENTITY CAPABILITY CONFIGURATION Use the Port Access Entity (PAE) Capability Configuration page to configure a port as an authenticator or supplicant. To access the PAE Capability Configuration page, click LAN > Security > Port Access Control > PAE Capability Configuration. Page 386 Port Access Control Document 34CSFP6XXUWS-SWUM100-D7