Configuring Port-Based and Client-Based Access Control (802.1X)

Displaying 802.1X Configuration, Statistics, and Counters

ProCurve(config)# show port-access authenticator config

Port Access Authenticator Configuration

Port-access authenticator activated [No] : No

 

Re-auth

Access

Max

Quiet

TX

Supplicant

Server

Port

Period

Control

Reqs

Period

Timeout

Timeout

Timeout

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1

No

Auto

2

60

30

30

30

2

No

Auto

2

60

30

30

30

Figure 8-7. Example of show port-access authenticator config Command

Table 8-2. Field Descriptions of show port-access authenticator config Command Output (Figure 8-7)

Field

Description

Port-access

Whether 802.1X authentication is enabled or disabled on specified port(s).

authenticator activated

 

Port

Port number on switch.

Re-auth Period

Period of time (in seconds) after which clients connected to the port need to be re-

 

authenticated.

Access Control

Port’s authentication mode:

 

Auto: Network access is allowed to any connected device that supports 802.1X authentication

 

and provides valid 802.1X credentials.

 

Authorized: Network access is allowed to any device connected to the port, regardless of

 

whether it meets 802.1X criteria.

 

Unauthorized: Network access is blocked to any device connected to the port, regardless of

 

whether the device meets 802.1X criteria.

Max reqs

Number of authentication attempts that must time-out before authentication fails and the

 

authentication session ends.

Quiet Period

Period of time (in seconds) during which the port does not try to acquire a supplicant.

TX Timeout

Period of time (in seconds) that the port waits to retransmit the next EAPOL PDU during an

 

authentication session.

Supplicant Timeout

Period of time (in seconds) that the switch waits for a supplicant response to an EAP request.

Server Timeout

Period of time (in seconds) that the switch waits for a server response to an authentication

 

request.

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