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aaa authentication mac
aaa authentication mac <profile>
case upper|lower
clone <profile>
delimiter {colon|dash|none}
max-authentication-failures <number>
no ...
Description
This command configures the MAC authentication profile.
Syntax
Usage Guidelines
MAC authentication profile configures authentication of devices based on their physical MAC address. MAC-
based authentication is often used to authenticate and allow network access through certain devices while
denying access to all other devices. Users may be required to authenticate themselves using other methods,
depending upon the network privileges.
Example
The following example configures a MAC authentication profile to blacklist client devices that fail to
authenticate.
aaa authentication mac mac-blacklist
max-authentication-failures 3
Parameter Description Range Default
<profile> Name that identifies an instance of the profile. The name must be
1-63 characters.
— “default”
case The case (upper or lower) used in the MAC string sent in the
authentication request. If there is no delimiter configured, the
MAC address in lower case is sent in the format xxxxxxxxxxxx,
while the MAC address in upper case is sent in the format
XXXXXXXXXXXX.
upper|lower lower
clone <profile> Name of an existing MAC profile from which parameter values
are copied.
——
delimiter Delimiter (colon, dash, or none) used in the MAC string. colon|dash|
none
none
max-
authentication-
failures <number>
Number of times a client can fail to authenticate before it is
blacklisted. A value of 0 disables blacklisting.
0-10 0 (disabled)
no Negates any configured parameter. — —