AUTHENTICATION COMMANDS

following global parameters which are set to a fixed value, including the following items:

-supp-timeout – Supplicant timeout.

-server-timeout– Server timeout.

- reauth-max – Maximum number of reauthentication attempts.

802.1X Port Summary – Displays the port access control parameters for each interface, including the following items:

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Status

– Administrative state for port access control.

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Mode

– Dot1x port control mode (page 3-106).

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Authorized

– Authorization status (yes or n/a - not authorized).

802.1X Port Details – Displays detailed port access control settings for each interface as described in the preceding pages, including administrative status for port access control, Max request

(page 3-105),Quiet period (page 3-108),Reauth period (page 3-109),Tx period (page 3-109),and Port-control (page 3-106). It also displays the following information:

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Status

– Authorization status (authorized or

 

unauthorized).

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Supplicant

– MAC address of authorized client.

Authenticator State Machine

- State

– Current state (including initialize, disconnected,

 

connecting, authenticating, authenticated,

 

aborting, held, force_authorized,

 

force_unauthorized).

- Reauth Count– Number of times connecting state is re-entered.

Backend State Machine

- State

– Current state (including request, response,

 

success, fail, timeout, idle, initialize).

-Request Count– Number of EAP Request packets sent to the Supplicant without receiving a response.

-Identifier(Server)– Identifier carried in the most recent EAP Success, Failure or Request packet received from the Authentication Server.

Reauthentication State Machine

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SMC8612XL3 F 1.0.1.3 specifications

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