Wired 802.1X (requires hardware version 2.0) allows you to configure an authentication server that accepts authentication requests from devices attached to wired Ethernet ports. IEEE 802.1X defines the encapsulations of the Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP).
Click Enable 802.1X to require IEEE 802.1X authorization for the Ethernet ports associated with this network.
Reauthentication Period – EAP reauthentication period in seconds.
Auth Server IP Address – This is the IP address of the connected RADIUS server.
Auth Server MAC Address – This is the hardware address of the connected RADIUS server’s interface.
Note
If you don’t know the MAC address for the RADIUS server, enter 00:00:00:00:00:00 and the service will try to find the MAC address from the given IP address.
Port – 1812 is common for the authentication port.
Password – Assigned by the RADIUS server.
Most of the accounting settings often match the authentication settings depending on whether the RADIUS server is the same for both authentication and accounting.
Acct Server IP Address
Acct Server MAC Address
Port – 1813 is common for the accounting port.
Password