Nortel Networks 2300 Series manual Set dot1x reauth-max, Set dot1x reauth-period

514802.1X Management Commands

set dot1x reauth-max

Sets the number of reauthentication attempts that the WSS makes before the supplicant (client) becomes unauthorized.

Syntax set dot1x reauth-max number-of-attempts

number-of-attempts Specify a value between 1 and 10.

Defaults The default number of reauthentication attempts is 2. Access Enabled.

History Introduced in WSS Software 1.0.

Usage If the number of reauthentications for a wired authentication client is greater than the maximum number of reauthentications allowed, WSS Software sends an EAP failure packet to the client and removes the client from the network. However, WSS Software does not remove a wireless client from the network under these circumstances.

Examples Type the following command to set the number of authentication attempts to 8:

WSS# set dot1x reauth-max 8

success: dot1x max reauth set to 8.

See Also

•clear dot1x reauth-max on page 497

•show dot1x on page 507

set dot1x reauth-period

Sets the number of seconds that must elapse before the WSS attempts reauthentication.

Syntax set dot1x reauth-period seconds

seconds Specify a value between 60 (1 minute) and 1,641,600 (19 days).

Defaults The default is 3600 seconds (1 hour). Access Enabled.

Usage You also can use the RADIUS session-timeout attribute to set the reauthentication timeout for a specific client. In this case, WSS Software uses the timeout that has the lower value. If the session-timeout is set to fewer seconds than the global reauthentication timeout, WSS Software uses the session-timeout for the client. However, if the global reauthentication timeout is shorter than the session-timeout, WSS Software uses the global timeout instead.

Examples Type the following command to set the number of seconds to 100 before reauthentication is attempted:

WSS# set dot1x reauth-period 100

success: dot1x auth-server timeout set to 100.

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