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Nortel recommends that you try 60 seconds, and change the period to a longer value only if clients are unable to authen- ticate within 60 seconds.

The bonded authentication period applies only to 802.1X authentication rules that contain the bonded option. Examples To set the bonded authentication period to 60 seconds, type the following command:

WSS# set dot1x bonded-period 60

success: change accepted.

See Also

clear dot1x bonded-period on page 496

show dot1x on page 507

set dot1x key-tx

Enables or disables the transmission of encryption key information to the supplicant (client) in EAP over LAN (EAPoL) key messages, after authentication is successful.

Syntax set dot1x key-tx {enable disable}

enable

Enables transmission of encryption key information to clients.

disable

Disables transmission of encryption key information to clients.

Defaults Key transmission is enabled by default.

Access Enabled.

History Introduced in WSS Software 1.0.

Examples Type the following command to enable key transmission:

WSS# set dot1x key-tx enable

success: dot1x key transmission enabled.

See Also show dot1x on page 507

set dot1x max-req

Sets the maximum number of times the WSS retransmits an EAP request to a supplicant (client) before ending the authentication session.

Syntax set dot1x max-reqnumber-of-retransmissions

number-of-retransmissions

Specify a value between 0 and 10.

Defaults The default number of EAP retransmissions is 2.

Access Enabled.

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