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To view 802.1X configuration information for an interface, use the show dot1x interface command.

In the following example, the bold lines show that 802.1X is enabled on all ports unauthorized by default.

Dell#show dot1x interface TenGigabitEthernet 2/1/

802.1x information on Te 2/1/:

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Dot1x Status: Enable

Port Control: AUTO

Port Auth Status: UNAUTHORIZED

Re-Authentication: Disable

Untagged VLAN id: None

Guest VLAN: Disable

Guest VLAN id: NONE

Auth-Fail VLAN: Disable

Auth-Fail VLAN id: NONE

Auth-Fail Max-Attempts: NONE

Mac-Auth-Bypass: Disable

Mac-Auth-Bypass Only: Disable

Tx Period: 30 seconds

Quiet Period: 60 seconds

ReAuth Max: 2

Supplicant Timeout: 30 seconds

Server Timeout: 30 seconds

Re-Auth Interval: 3600 seconds

Max-EAP-Req: 2

Host Mode: SINGLE_HOST

Auth PAE State: Initialize

Backend State: Initialize

Configuring Request Identity Re-Transmissions

When the authenticator sends a Request Identity frame and the supplicant does not respond, the authenticator waits for 30 seconds and

then re-transmits the frame.

The amount of time that the authenticator waits before re-transmitting and the maximum number of times that the authenticator re-

transmits can be configured.

NOTE:

There are several reasons why the supplicant might fail to respond; for example, the supplicant might have been

booting when the request arrived or there might be a physical layer problem.

To configure re-transmissions, use the following commands.

• Configure the amount of time that the authenticator waits before re-transmitting an EAP Request Identity frame.

INTERFACE mode

dot1x tx-period number

The range is from 1 to 65535 (1 year)

The default is 30.

• Configure the maximum number of times the authenticator re-transmits a Request Identity frame.

INTERFACE mode

dot1x max-eap-req number

The range is from 1 to 10.

The default is 2.

The example in Configuring a Quiet Period after a Failed Authentication shows configuration information for a port for which the

authenticator re-transmits an EAP Request Identity frame after 90 seconds and re-transmits for 10 times.

802.1X