Hub/Switch Reference Guide

514 802.1X Management Commands
NN47250-100 (Version 02.51)
set dot1x reauth-max
Sets the number of reauthentication attempts that the WSS makes before the supplicant (client) becomes unauthorized.
Syntax set dot1x reauth-max number-of-attempts
Defaults The default number of reauthentication attempts is 2.
Access Enabled.
History Introduced in WSS Software 1.0.
Usage If the number of reauthentications for a wired authentication client is greater than the maximum
number of reauthentications allowed, WSS Software sends an EAP failure packet to the client and removes the
client from the network. However, WSS Software does not remove a wireless client from the network under
these circumstances.
Examples Type the following command to set the number of authentication attempts to 8:
WSS# set dot1x reauth-max 8
success: dot1x max reauth set to 8.
See Also
• clear dot1x reauth-max on page 497
• show dot1x on page 507
set dot1x reauth-period
Sets the number of seconds that must elapse before the WSS attempts reauthentication.
Syntax set dot1x reauth-period seconds
Defaults The default is 3600 seconds (1 hour).
Access Enabled.
Usage You also can use the RADIUS session-timeout attribute to set the reauthentication timeout for a
specific client. In this case, WSS Software uses the timeout that has the lower value. If the session-timeout is
set to fewer seconds than the global reauthentication timeout, WSS Software uses the session-timeout for the
client. However, if the global reauthentication timeout is shorter than the session-timeout, WSS Software uses
the global timeout instead.
Examples Type the following command to set the number of seconds to 100 before reauthentication is
attempted:
WSS# set dot1x reauth-period 100
success: dot1x auth-server timeout set to 100.
number-of-attempts Specify a value between 1 and 10.
seconds Specify a value between 60 (1 minute) and 1,641,600 (19 days).