Nortel Networks 2300 manual Managing Other Timers, Setting the Bonded Authentication Period

Managing 802.1X on the WSS Switch 499

Setting the Bonded Authentication Period

The following command sets the Bonded Authentication™ (bonded authentication) period, which is the number of seconds WSS Software retains session information for an authenticated machine while waiting for the 802.1X client on the machine to start (re)authentication for the user.

Normally, the Bonded Authentication period needs to be set only if the network has Bonded Authentication clients that use dynamic WEP, or use WEP-40 or WEP-104 encryption with WPA or RSN. These clients can be affected by the 802.1X reauthentication parameter or the RADIUS Session-Timeout parameter.

To set the Bonded Authentication period, use the following command:

set dot1x bonded-period seconds

The Bonded Authentication period applies only to 802.1X authentication rules that contain the bonded option.

To reset the Bonded Authentication period to its default value, use the following command:

clear dot1x max-req

(For more information about Bonded Authentication, see “Binding User Authentication to Machine Authenti- cation” on page 421.)

Managing Other Timers

By default, the WSS switch waits 60 seconds before responding to a client whose authentication failed, and times out a request to a RADIUS server or an authentication session with a client after 30 seconds. You can modify these defaults.

Nortel WLAN Security Switch 2300 Series Configuration Guide