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Chapter 21 Configuring Switch Access Using AAA
Configuring Authentication
Console> (enable)
show port dot1x 4/1
Port Auth-State BEnd-State Port-Control Port-Status
----- ------------------- ---------- ------------------- -------------
4/1 connecting finished auto unauthorized
Port Multiple-Host Re-authentication
----- ------------- -----------------
4/1 disabled disabled
Setting and Enabling Automatic Reauthentication of the Supplicant
You can specify how often 802.1x authentication reauthenticates the supplicant if you do so before you
enable automatic 802.1x supplicant reauthentication. If you do not specify a time period before you
enable supplicant reauthentication, 802.1x defaults to 3,600 seconds (valid values are from 1 to
65,535 seconds).
Automatic 802.1x supplicant reauthentication can be enabled for supplicants connected to a specific
port. To manually reauthenticate the supplicant connected to a specific port, see the
“Manually
Reauthenticating the Supplicant” section on page 21-42
.
To set how often 802.1x authentication reauthenticates the supplicant and enable automatic 802.1x
reauthentication, perform this task in privileged mode:
This example shows how to set automatic reauthentication to 7200 seconds, enable 802.1x
reauthentication, and verify the configuration:
Console> (enable)
set dot1x re-authperiod 7200
dot1x re-authperiod set to 7200 seconds
Console> (enable)
set port dot1x re-authentication enable
Port 4/1 re-authentication enabled.
Console> (enable)
show port dot1x 4/1
Port Auth-State BEnd-State Port-Control Port-Status
----- ------------------- ---------- ------------------- -------------
4/1 connecting finished auto unauthorized
Port Multiple-Host Re-authentication
----- ------------- -----------------
4/1 disabled enabled
Manually Reauthenticating the Supplicant
You can manually reauthenticate the supplicant connected to a specific port at any time. When you want
to configure automatic 802.1x supplicant reauthentication, see the
“Setting and Enabling Automatic
Reauthentication of the Supplicant” section on page 21-42
.
Task
Command
Step 1
Set the time constant for reauthenticating the
supplicant.
set dot1x re-authperiod
seconds
Step 2
Enable reauthentication.
set port dot1x re-authentication enable
Step 3
Verify the 802.1x configuration.
show port dot1x
mod
/
port