Nortel Networks 2300 Setting the 802.1X Reauthentication Period, Set dot1x reauth-period seconds

498Managing 802.1X on the WSS Switch

Setting the 802.1X Reauthentication Period

The following command configures the number of seconds that the WSS switch waits before attempting reauthentication:

set dot1x reauth-period seconds

The default is 3600 seconds (1 hour). The range is from 60 to 1,641,600 seconds (19 days). This value can be overridden by user authorization parameters.

WSS Software reauthenticates dynamic WEP clients based on the reauthentication timer. WSS Software also reauthenticates WPA clients if the clients use the WEP-40 or WEP-104 cipher. For each dynamic WEP client or WPA client using a WEP cipher, the reauthentication timer is set to the lesser of the global setting or the value returned by the AAA server with the rest of the authorization attributes for that client.

For example, type the following command to set the number of seconds to 100 before reauthentication is attempted:

23x0# set dot1x reauth-period 100

success: dot1x auth-server timeout set to 100.

Type the following command to reset the default timeout period:

23x0# clear dot1x reauth-period

success: change accepted.

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