Deployment Guide

multi-auth Enable multi-supplicant authentication.
Defaults single-host
Command Modes INTERFACE
Supported Modes Full–Switch
Command History
Version Description
9.9(0.0) Introduced on the FN IOM.
9.2(0.0) Introduced on the MXL 10/40GbE Switch IO Module.
Usage Information
• Single-host mode authenticates only one host per authenticator port and drops all other trac on the port.
• Multi-host mode authenticates the rst host to respond to an Identity Request and then permits all other
trac on the port.
• Multi-supplicant mode authenticates every device attempting to connect to the network on the authenticator
port.
dot1x mac-auth-bypass
Enable MAC authentication bypass. If 802.1X times out because the host did not respond to the Identity Request frame, the system
attempts to authenticate the host based on its MAC address.
Syntax
dot1x mac-auth-bypass
To disable MAC authentication bypass on a port, use the no dot1x mac-auth-bypass command.
Defaults Disabled
Command Modes INTERFACE
Supported Modes Full–Switch
Command History
Version Description
9.9(0.0) Introduced on the FN IOM.
9.2(0.0) Introduced on the MXL 10/40GbE Switch IO Module.
dot1x max-eap-req
Congure the maximum number of times an extensive authentication protocol (EAP) request is transmitted before the session times out.
Syntax
dot1x max-eap-req number
To return to the default, use the no dot1x max-eap-req command.
Parameters
number Enter the number of times an EAP request is transmitted before a session time-out. The
range is from 1 to 10. The default is 2.
Defaults 2
138 802.1X