Security Configuration Command Set
Configuring MAC Authentication
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Port username
significant bits Number of significant bits in the MAC addresses to be used
starting with the left-most bit of the vendor portion of the
MAC address. The significant portion of the MAC address is
sent as a user-name credential when the primary attempt to
authenticate the full MAC address fails. Any other failure to
authenticate the full address, (i.e., authentication server
timeout) causes the next attempt to start once again with a
full MAC authentication. Default is 48 and cannot be reset.
Port Port designation. For a detailed description of possible
port-string values, refer to Section 4.1.2.
Port State Whe ther or not MAC authentication is enabled or disabled
on this port.
Quiet Period Quiet period for this port. Default value of 30 can be
changed using the set macauthentication quietperiod
command described in Section 14.3.3.12.
Reauth Period Reauthentication period for this port. Default value of 30 can
be changed using the set macauthentication reauthperiod
command described in Section 14.3.3.11.
Auth Allowed Number of concurrent authentications supported on this
port. Default is 1 and cannot be reset.
Auth Allocated Maximum number of MAC authentications permitted on
this port. Default is 1 and cannot be reset
Reauthentications Whether or not reauthentication is enabled or disabled on
this port. Set using the set macauthentication
reauthentication command described in Section 14.3.3.8.
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Output What It Displays...