Administrator Guide

Security Commands 990
User Guidelines
The re-authentication process sends an authentication message (EAP-
Request/Identity)to authenticated supplicants asking them to re-
authenticate themselves. If a supplicant fails re-authentication, it is denied
access to switch resources.
Example
The following example sets the number of seconds between re-authentication
attempts to 300.
console(config)# interface gigabitethernet 1/0/16
console(config-if-Gi1/0/16)# dot1x timeout re-authperiod 300
dot1x timeout server-timeout
Use the dot1x timeout server-timeout command in Interface Configuration
mode to set the time that the switch waits for a response from the
authentication server. To return to the default setting, use the no form of this
command.
Syntax
dot1x timeout server-timeout seconds
no dot1x timeout server-timeout
• seconds — Time in seconds that the switch waits for a response from the
authentication server. (Range: 1–65535)
Default Configuration
The period of time is set to 30 seconds.
Command Mode
Interface Configuration (Ethernet) mode
User Guidelines
The actual timeout is this parameter or the product of the RADIUS
transmission times the RADIUS timeout, whichever is smaller.