Quick Reference Guide

802.1x Commands 535
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Default Configuration
Timeout period is 30 seconds.
Command Mode
Interface Configuration (Ethernet) mode.
User Guidelines
• The default value of this command should be changed only to adjust for unusual circumstances,
such as unreliable links or specific behavioral problems with certain clients. and authentication
servers
Examples
The following command sets the number of seconds that the device waits for a response to an EAP-
request/identity frame, to 3600 seconds.
dot1x max-req
The dot1x max-req Interface Configuration mode command sets the maximum number of times
that the device sends an Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)-request/identity frame
(assuming that no response is received) to the client, before restarting the authentication process.
Use the no form of this command to return to the default configuration.
Syntax
• dot1x max-req count
•
no dot1x max-req
•
count — Number of times that the device sends an EAP-request/identity frame before
restarting the authentication process. (Range: 1 - 10)
Default Configuration
The default number of times is 2.
Command Mode
Interface Configuration (Ethernet) mode.
User Guidelines
• The default value of this command should be changed only to adjust for unusual circumstances,
such as unreliable links or specific behavioral problems with certain clients. and authentication
servers
Console(config)# interface ethernet 1/e16
Console(config-if)# dot1x timeout tx-period 3600