3com WL-575 Manual De Usuario

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• When 802.1X is required, the access point enforces 802.1X authentication 

for all 802.11 associated stations. If 802.1X authentication is not initiated 
by the station, the access point will initiate authentication. Only those 
stations successfully authenticated with 802.1X are allowed to access the 
network.

• 802.1X does not apply to the 10/100Base-TX port.

802.1x broadcast-key-refresh-rate
This command sets the interval at which the broadcast keys are refreshed for 
stations using 802.1X dynamic keying. 

802.1x broadcast-key-refresh-rate <rate>

rate - The interval at which the access point rotates broadcast keys. 
(Range: 0 - 1440 minutes)

0 (Disabled)

Global Configuration

• The access point uses Outdoor 11a Building to Building OL (Extensible 

Authentication Protocol Over LANs) packets to pass dynamic unicast 
session and broadcast keys to wireless clients. The 802.1x 
broadcast-key-refresh-rate command specifies the interval after which 
the broadcast keys are changed. The 802.1x session-key-refresh-rate 
command specifies the interval after which unicast session keys are 
changed.

• Dynamic broadcast key rotation allows the access point to generate a 

random group key and periodically update all key-management capable 
wireless clients.

Outdoor 11a Building to Building (config)#802.1x supported

Outdoor 11a Building to Building (config)#