Specifications

Security Configuration Command Set
Configuring MAC Authentication
13-70 Matrix DFE-Gold Series Configuration Guide
13.3.7 Configuring MAC Authentication
Purpose
To review, disable, enable and configure MAC authentication. This allows the device to
authenticate source MAC addresses in an exchange with an authentication server. The authenticator
(switch) selects a source MAC seen on a MAC-authentication enabled port, and submits it to a
backend client for authentication. The backend client uses the MAC address stored password, if
required, as credentials for an authentication attempt. If accepted, a string representing an access
policy may be returned. If present, the switch applies the associated policy rules. For an information
on configuring policy classification, refer back to Chapter 7.
Commands
The commands needed to review, enable, disable, and configure MAC authentication are listed
below and described in the associated section as shown:
• show macauthentication (Section 13.3.7.1)
• show macauthentication session (Section 13.3.7.2)
• set macauthentication (Section 13.3.7.3)
• set macauthentication password (Section 13.3.7.4)
• clear macauthentication password (Section 13.3.7.5)
• set macauthentication significant-bits (Section 13.3.7.6)
• clear macauthentication significant-bits (Section 13.3.7.7)
• set macauthentication port (Section 13.3.7.8)
• set macauthentication authallocated (Section 13.3.7.9)
• clear macauthentication authallocated (Section 13.3.7.10)
• set macauthentication portinitialize (Section 13.3.7.11)
• set macauthentication macinitialize (Section 13.3.7.12)
• set macauthentication reauthentication (Section 13.3.7.13)
• set macauthentication portreauthenticate (Section 13.3.7.14)
• set macauthentication macreauthenticate (Section 13.3.7.15)
• set macauthentication reauthperiod (Section 13.3.7.16)