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Timers
Clicking the TIMERS tab brings up the 802.1X TIMER CONFIGURATION page,
which configures Timer parameters at the individual port level. The
parameters for this page are shown in the following table.
Parameter Description
Port This parameter is the index of the port for which fields
such as Q
UIET PERIOD, TRANSMIT PERIOD, and such are
configured.
Quiet Period
(Seconds)
This parameter specifies the duration for which the
authenticator will be silent and will not attempt to
acquire a supplicant. It can be configured to any value
in the range from
1 to 65535 seconds.
Transmit Period
(Seconds)
This parameter specifies the time period used by the
Authenticator State machine to define when the
EAPOL PDU is to be transmitted. It can be configured
to any value in the range from
1 to 65535 seconds.
Re-authentication
Period (Seconds)
This parameter specifies the time between periodic re-
authentication of the supplicant.