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Chapter 13 Configuring IEEE 802.1x Port-Based Authentication
How to Configure IEEE 802.1x Port-Based Authentication
Step 4 radius-server host
ip-address [acct-port
udp-port] [auth-port
udp-port] [test username
name [idle-time time]
[ignore-acct-port]
[ignore-auth-port]] [key
string]
(Optional) Configures the RADIUS server parameters by using these keywords:
• acct-port udp-port—Specifies the UDP port for the RADIUS accounting server.
The range for the UDP port number is from 0 to 65536. The default is 1646.
• auth-port udp-port—Specifies the UDP port for the RADIUS authentication
server. The range for the UDP port number is from 0 to 65536. The default is
1645.
Note You should configure the UDP port for the RADIUS accounting server and
the UDP port for the RADIUS authentication server to nondefault values.
• test username name—Enables automated testing of the RADIUS server status,
and specifies the username to be used.
• idle-time time—Sets the interval of time in minutes after which the switch sends
test packets to the server. The range is from 1 to 35791 minutes. The default is
60 minutes (1 hour).
• ignore-acct-port—Disables testing on the RADIUS-server accounting port.
• ignore-auth-port—Disables testing on the RADIUS-server authentication port.
• key string—Specifies the authentication and encryption key for all RADIUS
communication between the switch and the RADIUS daemon.
Note Always configure the key as the last item in the radius-server host
command syntax because leading spaces are ignored, but spaces within and
at the end of the key are used. If you use spaces in the key, do not enclose
the key in quotation marks unless the quotation marks are part of t he key.
This key must match the encryption used on the RADIUS dae mon.
You can also configure the authentication and encryption key by using the
radius-server key {0 string | 7 string | string} global configuration command.
Step 5 dot1x critical {eapol |
recovery delay milliseconds}
(Optional) Configures the parameters for inaccessible authentication bypass.
• eapol—Specifies that the switch sends an EAPOL-Success message when the
switch successfully authenticates the critical port.
• recovery delay milliseconds—Sets the recovery delay period during which the
switch waits to reinitialize a critical port when a RADIUS server that was
unavailable becomes available. The range is from 1 to 10000 milliseconds. The
default is 1000 milliseconds (a port can be reinitialized every second).
Step 6 interface interface-id Specifies the port to be configured, and enter interface configuration mode.
Step 7 authentication event server
dead action [authorize |
reinitialize] vlan vlan-id
Use these keywords to move hosts on the port if the RADIUS server is unreachable:
• authorize—Moves any new hosts trying to authenticate to the user-specified
critical VLAN.
• reinitialize—Moves all authorized hosts on the port to the user-specified
critical VLAN.
Step 8 authentication event server
dead action {authorize |
reinitialize} vlan vlan-id]
Enables the inaccessible authentication bypass feature and uses these keywords to
configure the feature:
• authorize—Authorizes the port.
• reinitialize—Reinitializes all authorized clients.
Command Purpose