Specifications

OmniAccess Reference: AOS-W System Reference
204 Part 031652-00 May 2005
Configuring the 802.1x State Machine
Dot1x CLI Commands
This section describes the commands and variables that may be adjusted to
tune the 802.1x state machine. In most cases, the default settings should be
used.
The following is a description of the 802.1x commands used to configure the
state machine.
Commands in the dot1x group may be reset to their default values or disabled
by using the no form of the command as shown below.
(Alcatel) (config) # no dot1x re-authentication <Enter>
dot1x default
The dot1x default command resets the dot1x state machine configuration to its
default values.
dot1x max-req <retry>
The dot1x max-req command sets the maximum number of attempts the server
will make to authenticate a supplicant.
Default: 5
Valid Range: 0 - 10
dot1x multicast-keyrotation
The dot1x multicast-keyrotation command enables the rotation of multicast
keys. Multicast keys are used to encrypt multicast packets generated for each
AP. Multicast keys are associated with each essid.
Default: Disabled
dot1x re-authentication
The dot1x re-authentication command enables the re-authentication of
supplicants. Re-authorization occurs after a specific amount of time has
elapsed from the last authentication. The time period is specified using the
dot1x timeout reauthperiod command (see below). Unicast keys are updated
after each re-authorization.
Default: Disabled