Quick Reference Guide

802.1x Commands 537
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Syntax
• dot1x timeout server-timeout seconds
•
no dot1x timeout server-timeout
• seconds — Time in seconds that the device waits for a response from the authentication
server. (Range: 1 - 65535 seconds)
Default Configuration
The timeout period is 30 seconds.
Command Mode
Interface configuration (Ethernet) mode.
User Guidelines
• The actual timeout can be determined by comparing the dot1x timeout server-timeout value
and the result of multiplying the
radius-server retransmit value with the radius-server
timeout
value and selecting the lower of the two values.
Example
The following example sets the time for the retransmission of packets to the authentication server
to 3600 seconds.
dot1x send-async-request-id
Use the dot1x send-async-request-id interface configuration command to enable 802.1x switch to
request asynchronously the responses from supplicants on port. This request causes the stations,
which don’t start 802.1x authentication automatically, to start it in response to Switch massage. In
case enabled the massage would be sent according to dot1x timeout tx-period. Use the no form of
this command to return to the default setting.
dot1x send-async-request-id
no dot1x send-async-request-id
Syntax Description
This command has no arguments or keywords
Parameters range
None
Default
no by default
Console(config-if)# dot1x timeout server-timeout 3600