Enterasys Networks 9034313-07 manual Set macauthentication portinitialize

set macauthentication portinitialize

Usage

Enabling port(s) for MAC authentication requires globally enabling MAC authentication on the switch as described in “set macauthentication” on page 26‐28, and then enabling it on a port‐by‐ port basis. By default, MAC authentication is globally disabled and disabled on all ports.

Example

This example shows how to enable MAC authentication on ge.2.1 though 5:

C3(su)->set macauthentication port enable ge.2.1-5

set macauthentication portinitialize

Use this command to force one or more MAC authentication ports to re‐initialize and remove any currently active sessions on those ports.

Syntax

set macauthentication portinitialize port-string

Parameters

port‐string	Specifies the MAC authentication port(s) to re‐initialize. For a detailed
	description of possible port‐string values, refer to “Port String Syntax Used
	in the CLI” on page 7‐1.

Defaults

None.

Mode

Switch command, read‐write.

Example

This example shows how to force ge.2.1 through 5 to initialize:

C3(su)->set macauthentication portinitialize ge.2.1-5

set macauthentication portquietperiod

This sets the number of seconds following a failed authentication before another attempt may be made on the port.

Syntax

set macauthentication portquietperiod time port-string

Parameters

time	Period in seconds to wait after a failed authentication. By default, this is 30
	seconds.
port‐string	Specifies the ports for which the quit period is to be applied. For a detailed
	description of possible port‐string values, refer to “Port String Syntax Used
	in the CLI” on page 7‐1.

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