Hub/Switch Reference Guide

802.1X Management Commands 511
Nortel WLAN—Security Switch 2300 Series Command Line Reference
Nortel recommends that you try 60 seconds, and change the period to a longer value only if clients are unable to authen-
ticate within 60 seconds.
The bonded authentication period applies only to 802.1X authentication rules that contain the bonded option.
Examples To set the bonded authentication period to 60 seconds, type the following command:
WSS# set dot1x bonded-period 60
success: change accepted.
See Also
• clear dot1x bonded-period on page 496
• show dot1x on page 507
set dot1x key-tx
Enables or disables the transmission of encryption key information to the supplicant (client) in EAP over LAN (EAPoL)
key messages, after authentication is successful.
Syntax set dot1x key-tx {enable | disable}
Defaults Key transmission is enabled by default.
Access Enabled.
History Introduced in WSS Software 1.0.
Examples Type the following command to enable key transmission:
WSS# set dot1x key-tx enable
success: dot1x key transmission enabled.
See Also show dot1x on page 507
set dot1x max-req
Sets the maximum number of times the WSS retransmits an EAP request to a supplicant (client) before ending the
authentication session.
Syntax set dot1x max-req number-of-retransmissions
Defaults The default number of EAP retransmissions is 2.
Access Enabled.
enable Enables transmission of encryption key information to clients.
disable Disables transmission of encryption key information to clients.
number-of-retransmissions Specify a value between 0 and 10.