
Security Configuration Command Set
Configuring MAC Authentication
Matrix NSA Series Configuration Guide
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show macauthentication Output Details
Output
What It Displays...
MAC
authentication
Whether MAC authentication is globally enabled or
disabled. Set using the
set macauthentication
command as
described in
Section 14.3.7.3
.
MAC user
password
User password associated with MAC authentication on the
device. Set using the
set macauthentication
password
command as described in
Section 14.3.7.4
.
Port username
significant bits
Number of significant bits in the MAC addresses to be used
starting with the left-most bit of the vendor portion of the
MAC address. The significant portion of the MAC address is
sent as a user-name credential when the primary attempt to
authenticate the full MAC address fails. Any other failure to
authenticate the full address, (i.e., authentication server
timeout) causes the next attempt to start once again with a
full MAC authentication. Default is 48 and cannot be reset.
Port
Port designation. For a detailed description of possible
port-string
values, refer to
Section 4.1.1
.
Port State
Whether or not MAC authentication is enabled or disabled
on this port.
Quiet Period
Enables a reauthentication attempt for failed entries at the
period specified in seconds. Default value is 0 (never).
Reauth Period
Reauthentication period for this port. Default value of
30
can
be changed using the
set macauthentication reauthperiod
command described in
Section 14.3.7.16
.
Auth Allowed
Number of concurrent authentications supported on this
port. Default is 1 and cannot be reset.
Auth Allocated
Maximum number of MAC authentications permitted on
this port. Default is 1 and cannot be reset.
Reauthentications
Whether or not reauthentication is enabled or disabled on
this port. Set using the
set macauthentication
reauthentication
command described in
Section 14.3.7.13
.