Ruijie RG-S2900G-E Series, Configuration Manual

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Configuration Guide 802.1x Configuration
initiate authentication. The switch forcedly asks all the users under the authentication port to authenticate by sending the
EAP-request/identity multicast packets.
The following section describes how to configure the switch to actively initiate 802.1x authentication and how you should
configure appropriately in different application environments.
Turn on/off the switch for the proactive authentication initiation of the device
When this function is disabled, the switch can only initiate an authentication request at resetting or when the status of the
authentication port is changed. This ensures that the on-line users can continue to use the network. The switch will not
actively initiate an authentication request in any other cases. When this function is enabled, you can configure the times of
automatic authentication initiation, authentication request interval, and whether to stop sending requests when the users
pass the authentication.
In the privileged EXEC mode, you can enable automatic authentication by performing the following steps:
Command Function
Ruijie(config)# dot1x auto - req Enable automatic authentication. It is enabled by default.
Ruijie# show dot1x Show the dot1x configurations.
The no option of the command turns off the function. Only when the function is enabled, the following settings take effect.
The user can set the number of proactive authentication requests initiated by the device, which can be determined
according to the actual network environment.
In the privileged EXEC mode, you can set the number of automatic authentication requests by performing the following
steps:
Command Function
Ruijie(config)# dot1x auto - req packet - num num The device proactively initiates num 802.1x authentication
request messages. If num is equal to 0, the device will
continually send that message. The default is 0 (infinite).
Ruijie# show dot1x auto-req Show the configuration.
The no option of the command restores the value to its default. The following contents introduce how to configure the
message sending interval.