3Com 3CRWX440095A Before the supplicant client becomes unauthorized, Attempts reauthentication

436CHAPTER 15: 802.1X MANAGEMENT COMMANDS

set dot1x	Sets the number of reauthentication attempts that the WX switch makes
reauth-max	before the supplicant (client) becomes unauthorized.

Syntax — set dot1x reauth-max number-of-attempts

„number-of-attempts— Specify a value between 1 and 10.

Defaults — The default number of reauthentication attempts is 2.

Access — Enabled.

History —Introduced in MSS Version 3.0.

Usage — If the number of reauthentications for a wired authentication client is greater than the maximum number of reauthentications allowed, MSS sends an EAP failure packet to the client and removes the client from the network. However, MSS does not remove a wireless client from the network under these circumstances.

Examples — Type the following command to set the number of authentication attempts to 8:

WX4400# set dot1x reauth-max 8 success: dot1x max reauth set to 8.

See Also

„display dot1x on page 427

„clear dot1x reauth-maxon page 425

set dot1x	Sets the number of seconds that must elapse before the WX switch
reauth-period	attempts reauthentication.

Syntax — set dot1x reauth-period seconds

„seconds — Specify a value between 60 (1 minute) and 1,641,600 (19 days).

Defaults — The default is 3600 seconds (1 hour).

Access — Enabled.

History —Introduced in MSS Version 3.0.