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Table 7-52. 802.1x Timer Configuration Page Parameters
Parameter Description
Port
Index of the port for which fields such as Quiet Period, Transmit Period,
and so on are configured.
Quiet Period (Secs)
Specifies the duration for which the authenticator will be silent and will not
attempt to acquire a supplicant. It can be configured to any value in the
range from
1 to 65535 seconds.
Transmit Period (Secs)
Specifies the Time Period used by the Authenticator State machine to
define when the EAPOL PDU is to be transmitted. It can be configured to
any value in the range from
1 to 65535 seconds.
Re-authentication Period
(Secs)
Specifies the time between periodic re-authentication of the supplicant.
Supplicant Timeout
Specifies the amount of time the switch waits for a response before
retransmitting the request to the client, when relaying a request from the
authentication server to the client.
Server Timeout
Specifies the amount of time the switch waits for a reply before
retransmitting the response to the server, when relaying a response from
the client to the authentication server.
Held Period
Specifies the amount of time the client will wait before re-attempting a
failed 802.1X authentication. Default value is
60 .
Auth Period
Specifies the time interval for resending 802.1X request messages after
not receiving a response.
Start Period Specifies the time interval for resending Start messages.