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You can configure MAC authentication for ports first. However, the configuration takes effect only
after you enable MAC authentication globally.
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Enabling MAC authentication on a port is mutually exclusive with adding the port to an
aggregation group.
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For details about the default ISP domain, refer to
AAA Configuration
in the
Security Volume
.
Displaying and Maintaining MAC Authentication
To do… Use the command… Remarks
Display the global MAC
authentication information or the
MAC authentication information
about specified ports
display mac-authentication
[
interface interface-list
]
Available in any view
Clear the MAC authentication
statistics
reset mac-authentication
statistics
[
interface
interface-list
]
Available in user view
MAC Authentication Configuration Examples
Local MAC Authentication Configuration Example
Network requirements
As illustrated in Figure 5-1 , a supplicant is connected to the device through port GigabitEthernet 1/0/1.
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Local MAC authentication is required on every port to control user access to the Internet.
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All users belong to domain aabbcc.net.
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Local users use their MAC addresses as the usernames and passwords for authentication.
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Set the offline detect timer to 180 seconds and the quiet timer to 3 minutes.
Figure 5-1
Network diagram for local MAC authentication
Configuration procedure
1) Configure MAC authentication on the device
# Add a local user, setting the username and password as 00-e0-fc-12-34-56, the MAC address of the
user.
<Device> system-view
[Device] local-user 00-e0-fc-12-34-56
[Device-luser-00-e0-fc-12-34-56] password simple 00-e0-fc-12-34-56