User’s ManualOWL800 / OWL2000 / HSG800 ENGLISH© 2008 4IPNET, INC.93Appendix B. 802.1X Support What is IEEE 802.1X ?The 802.1X-2001 standard states:"Port-based network access control makes use of the physical access characteristics of IEEE 802 LANinfrastructures in order to provide a means of authenticating and authorizing devices attached to a LAN port thathas point-to-point connection characteristics, and of preventing access to that port in cases which theauthentication and authorization fails. A port in this context is a single point of attachment to the LANinfrastructure." --- 802.1X-2001, page 1.802.1X Authentication Architecture
