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Chapter 24: 802.1x Port-based Network Access Control
382 Section VI: Port Security
Held Period
Specifies the amount of time in seconds the supplicant is to refrain
from retrying to re-contact the authenticator in the event the end user
provides an invalid username and/or password. After the time period
has expired, the supplicant can attempt to log on again. The range is 0
to 65,535 seconds. The default value is 60 seconds.
Max Start
Specifies the maximum number of times the supplicant sends EAPOL-
Start frames before assuming that there is no authenticator present.
The range is 1 to 10. The default is 3.
Start Period
Specifies the time period in seconds between successive attempts by
the supplicant to establish contact with an authenticator when there is
no reply. The range is 1 to 60. The default is 30.
User Name
Specifies the username for the switch port. The port sends the name to
the authentication server for verification when the port logs on to the
network. The username can be from be from 1 to 16 alphanumeric
characters (A to Z, a to z, 1 to 9). Do not use spaces or special
characters, such as asterisks or exclamation points. The username is
case sensitive.
User Password
Specifies the password for the switch port. The port sends the
password to the authentication server for verification when the port
logs on to the network. The password can be from 1 to 16
alphanumeric characters (A to Z, a to z, 1 to 9). Do not use spaces or
special characters, such as asterisks or exclamation points. The
password is case sensitive.
7. Click Apply.
Changes to the supplicant settings are immediately implemented on a
port.
8. To permanently save your changes, select the Save Config option in
the Configuration menu.