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Configuring
Configuring Switch Ports To Operate As Supplicants for 802.1X Connections to Other Switches
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Sets the period of time the port waits to receive a challenge from the authenticator. If the request times out, the port sends another authentication request, up to the number of attempts specified by the
Defines the maximum number of times the supplicant port requests authentication. See step 1 on page
Sets the time period the supplicant port waits after an active 802.1X session fails before trying to re- acquire the authenticator port. (Default: 60 seconds)
Sets the time period between Start packet retransmis- sions. That is, after a supplicant sends a start packet, it waits during the
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On the specified ports, blocks inbound and outbound traffic and restarts the 802.1X authentication process. Affects only ports configured as 802.1X supplicants.
Clears and restarts the 802.1X supplicant statistics counters.