Configuration Guide Vol. 1


3.6.3 MAC-based authentication

The following table describes the capacity limits for MAC-based authentication.

Table 3-38: Capacity limits for MAC authentication per device

Item

Maximum number

Maximum number of authentications

Fixed VLAN mode

1024 #1

Dynamic VLAN mode

1024 #2

Number of users to be registered in the internal MAC-based authentication DB

1024

Note #1

When MAC-based authentication (fixed VLAN mode), IEEE 802.1X authentication (port-based and VLAN-based (static)), and Web authentication (fixed VLAN mode) are all enabled, the total authenticated terminals allowed among all the authentication modes is 1024.

Note #2

When MAC-based authentication (dynamic VLAN mode), Web authentication (dynamic VLAN mode), and IEEE 802.1X authentication (VLAN-based (dynamic)) are all enabled, the total authenticated terminals allowed among all the authentication modes is 1024 per switch.