Reference Guide

102 | 802.1X
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Re-authenticating a Port
Periodic Re-authentication
After the supplicant has been authenticated, and the port has been authorized, the authenticator can be
configured to re-authenticates the supplicant periodically. If re-authentication is enabled, the supplicant is
required to re-authenticate every 3600 seconds, but this interval can be configured. A maximum number of
re-authentications can be configured as well.
To configure a re-authentication or a re-authentication period:
To configure a maximum number of re-authentications:
Step Task Command Syntax Command Mode
1 Configure the authenticator to
periodically re-authenticate the
supplicant.
dot1x reauthentication [interval] seconds
Range: 1-65535
Default:3600
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Step Task Command Syntax Command Mode
1 Configure the maximum number of
times that the supplicant can be
reauthenticated.
dot1x reauth-max number
Range: 1-10
Default: 2
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