Netgear GSM4248P User Manual - Page 555

AV Line of Fully Managed Switches M4250 Series Main User Manual 5. Select Security > Port Authentication > Advanced > Port Authentication. The previous figure shows part of the page only. 6. Select one or more interfaces by taking one of the following actions: • To configure a single interface, select the check box associated with the interface, or type the interface number in the Go To Interface field and click the Go button. • To configure multiple interfaces with the same settings, select the check box associated with each interface. • To configure all interfaces with the same settings, select the check box in the heading row. 7. From the Control Mode menu, select an option: • Auto: The authenticator port access entity (PAE) sets the controlled port mode to reflect the outcome of the authentication exchanges between the supplicant, authenticator, and the authentication server. This is the default setting. • Force Authorized: The authenticator PAE unconditionally sets the controlled port to authorized. • Force Unauthorized: The authenticator PAE unconditionally sets the controlled port to unauthorized. 8. From the Host Mode menu, select an option to specify the number of clients and the type of clients that can be authenticated and authorized on the port: • Single-Host: One data client only can be authenticated on the port. After authentication succeeds, access is granted to this client only but not to other clients. Only when this client logs off can another client be authenticated and authorized on the port and granted access to the port. • Multi-Host: Initially, one data client only can be authenticated on the port. After authentication succeeds, access is granted to all clients connected to the port. As an example, use this option when a WiFi access point is connected to an access-controlled port of a NAS. After the access point is authenticated by the NAS, the port is authorized for traffic from not just the access point but also from all the WiFi clients connected to the access point. Manage Switch Security 555 Main User Manual