4000 Router Series Security Configuration Guide

# Specify username aaa and password 123456 in plain text for the account shared by MAC

authentication users.

[Device] mac-authentication user-name-format fixed account aaa password simple 123456

Verifying the configuration

# Display MAC authentication settings and statistics.

<Device> display mac-authentication

MAC authentication is enabled

User name format is fixed account

Fixed username: aaa

Fixed password: ******

Offline detect period is 180s

Quiet period is 180s

Server response timeout value is 100s

Max number of users is 1024 per slot

Current number of online users is 1

Current authentication domain is 2000

Silent MAC user info:

MAC Addr From Port Port Index

Gigabitethernet1/1 is link-up

MAC authentication is enabled

Max number of online users is 256

Current number of online users is 1

Current authentication domain: Not configured

MAC auth-delay is disabled

Authentication attempts: successful 1, failed 0

MAC Addr Auth state

00e0-fc12-3456 authenticated