Users Guide

Security Commands 996
Default Configuration
The default value for the count parameter is 2.
Command Mode
Interface Configuration (Ethernet) mode
User Guidelines
This command limits the number of EAP Request/Identity messages. Use the
dot1x max-req command to limit the number of EAP Request messages other
than EAP Request/Identity.
Command History
Command introduced in version 6.5 firmware.
dot1x max-req
Use the dot1x max-req command to set the maximum number of times that
the switch sends an Extensible Authentication Protocol EAP-Request frame
to which no response is received, before restarting the authentication process.
To return to the default setting, use the no form of this command.
Syntax
dot1x max-req count
no dot1x max-req
• count — Number of times that the switch sends an EAP-Request/Identity
frame before restarting the authentication process. (Range: 1–10)
Default Configuration
The default value for the count parameter is 2.
Command Mode
Interface Configuration (Ethernet) mode