D-Link DGS-1510-28P User Manual - Page 292

DGS-1510 Series Gigabit Ethernet SmartPro Switch Web UI Reference Guide Figure 9-13 802.1X Port Settings window The fields that can be configured are described below: Parameter Unit From Port / To Port Direction Port Control Forward PDU MaxReq PAE Authenticator Description Select the switch unit that will be used for this configuration here. Select the appropriate port range used for the configuration here. Select the direction here. Options to choose from are Both and In. This option configures the direction of the traffic on a controlled port as unidirectional (In) or bidirectional (Both). Select the port control option here. Options to choose from are ForceAuthorized, Auto, and ForceUnauthorized. If the port control is set to force-authorized, then the port is not controlled in both directions. If the port control is set to automatic, then the access to the port for the controlled direction needs to be authenticated. If the port control is set to force-unauthorized, then the access to the port for the controlled direction is blocked. Select to enable or disable the forward PDU option here. Enter the maximum required times value here. This value must be between 1 and 10. By default, this option is 2. This option configures the maximum number of times that the backend authentication state machine will retransmit an Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) request frame to the supplicant before restarting the authentication process. Select to enable or disable the PAE authenticator option here. This option configures a specific port as an IEEE 802.1X port access entity 284