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The Request Identity Retransmit interval is for an unresponsive supplicant. You can configure the interval for a maximum of 10
times for an unresponsive supplicant.
1. Configure the amount of time that the authenticator waits to retransmit a Request Identity frame after a failed
authentication in INTERFACE mode from 1 to 65535, default 60 seconds.
dot1x timeout quiet-period seconds
Configure and verify port authentication
OS10(conf-range-eth1/1/7-1/1/8)# dot1x timeout quiet-period 120
OS10(conf-range-eth1/1/7-1/1/8)# do show dot1x interface ethernet 1/1/7
802.1x information on ethernet1/1/7
-------------------------------------
Dot1x Status: Enable
Port Control: AUTO
Port Auth Status: UNAUTHORIZED
Re-Authentication: Enable
Tx Period: 120 seconds
Quiet Period: 120 seconds
Supplicant Timeout: 30 seconds
Server Timeout: 30 seconds
Re-Auth Interval: 3600 seconds
Max-EAP-Req: 5
Host Mode: MULTI_HOST
Auth PAE State: Initialize
Backend State: Idle
View interface running configuration
OS10(conf-range-eth1/1/7-1/1/8)# do show running-configuration interface
...
!
interface ethernet1/1/7
no shutdown
dot1x max-req 5
dot1x port-control auto
dot1x re-authentication
dot1x timeout quiet-period 120
dot1x timeout tx-period 120
!
interface ethernet1/1/8
no shutdown
dot1x max-req 5
dot1x port-control auto
dot1x re-authentication
dot1x timeout quiet-period 120
dot1x timeout tx-period 120
...
Port control mode
802.1X requires a port to be in one of three states force-authorized, force-unauthorized, or auto.
force-authorized
(default)
This is an authorized state. A device connected to this port does not use the authentication process but
can communicate on the network. Placing the port in this state is the same as disabling 802.1X on the
port. force-authorized is the default mode.
force-
unauthorized
This is an unauthorized state. A device connected to a port does not use the authentication process but
is not allowed to communicate on the network. Placing the port in this state is the same as shutting down
the port. Any attempt by the supplicant to initiate authentication is ignored.
auto This is an unauthorized state by default. A device connected to this port is subject to the authentication
process. If the process is successful, the port is authorized and the connected device communicates on
the network.
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