This command configures the global authentication port-control mode. The interface port-control mode takes precedence over the global port-control mode.
Select force-unauthorized to specify that the authenticator PAE unconditionally sets the controlled port to unauthorized. Select force-authorized to specify that the authenticator PAE unconditionally sets the controlled port to authorized. Select auto to specify that the authenticator PAE sets the controlled port mode to reflect the outcome of the authentication exchanges between the supplicant, authenticator and the authentication server.
| Default | auto |
| Format | authentication port-control all {force-unauthorized | force-authorized | auto} |
| Mode | Global Config |