CpaeAuthState

  • Base type Enumeration

The Authenticator PAE state machine value. other :None of the following states. initialize :The PAE state machine is being initialized. disconnected :An explicit logoff request is received from the Supplicant, or the number of permissible reauthentication attempts has been exceeded. connecting :Attempting to establish a communication with a Supplicant. authenticating:A Supplicant is being authenticated. authenticated :The Authenticator has successfully authenticated the Supplicant. aborting :The authentication process is prematurely aborted due to receipt of a reauthentication request, or an EAPOL-Start frame, or an EAPOL-Logoff frame, or an authTimeout. held :The state machine ignores and discards all EAPOL packets, so as to discourage brute force attacks. This state is entered from the 'authenticating' state following an authentication failure. At the expiration of the quietWhile timer, the state machine transitions to the 'connecting' state. forceAuth :The port is set to Authorized, and a canned EAP Success packet is sent to the Supplicant. forceUnauth :The port is set to Unauthorized, and a canned EAP Failure packet is sent to the Supplicant. If EAP-Start messages are received from the Supplicant, the state is re-entered and further EAP Failure messages are sent. guestVlan :The port has been moved to a configured Guest VLAN. authFailVlan :The port has been moved to a configured Authentication Failed VLAN. criticalAuth :The port has been authorized by Critical Authentication because RADIUS server is not reachable, or does not response. ipAwaiting :The port is waiting for an IP address from DHCP server. policyConfig :This state is entered from 'ipAwaiting' state if an IP address is received and the corresponding policies are being installed. authFinished :The port is set to Authorized by MAC Authentication Bypass feature. restart :The PAE state machine has been restarted. authFallback :Fallback mechanism is applied to the authentication process. authCResult :Authentication completed and the validity of the authorization features is checked. authZSuccess :Authorization policies based on the authentication result are applied. If the policies are applied successfully then the port is authorized otherwise unauthorized.

Possible values

20 objects
Number Name
1 other
2 initialize
3 disconnected
4 connecting
5 authenticating
6 authenticated
7 aborting
8 held
9 forceAuth
10 forceUnauth
11 guestVlan
12 authFailVlan
13 criticalAuth
14 ipAwaiting
15 policyConfig
16 authFinished
17 restart
18 authFallback
19 authCResult
20 authZSuccess