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U SER A UTHENTICATION
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Command Attributes
• Status – Indicates if authentication is enabled or disabled on the port.
• Operation Mode – Allows single or multiple hosts (clients) to connect
to an 802.1X-authorized port. (Range: Single-Host, Multi-Host;
Default: Single-Host)
• Max Count – The maximum number of hosts that can connect to a
port when the Multi-Host operation mode is selected. (Range: 1-20;
Default: 5)
• Mode – Sets the authentication mode to one of the following options:
- Auto – Requires a dot1x-aware client to be authorized by the
authentication server. Clients that are not dot1x-aware will be denied
access.
- Force-Authorized – Forces the port to grant access to all clients,
either dot1x-aware or otherwise.
- Force-Unauthorized – Forces the port to deny access to all clients,
either dot1x-aware or otherwise.
• Re-authen – Sets the client to be re-authenticated after the interval
specified by the Re-authentication Period. Re-authentication can be
used to detect if a new device is plugged into a switch port.
(Default: Disabled)
• Max Request
– Sets the maximum number of times the switch port will
retransmit an EAP request packet to the client before it times out the
authentication session. (Range: 1-10; Default 2)
•Quiet Period – Sets the time that a switch port waits after the Max
Request count has been exceeded before attempting to acquire a new
client. (Range: 1-65535 seconds; Default: 60)
• Re-authen Period – Sets the time period after which a connected client
must be re-authenticated. (Ran
ge: 1-65535 seconds; Default: 3600)
•Tx Period
– Sets the time period during an authentication session that
the switch waits before re-transmitting an EAP packet.
(Range: 1-65535 seconds; Default: 30)