Command Manual (For Soliton) – 802.1x-System Guard
H3C S3100 Series Ethernet Switches
Chapter 1 802.1x Configuration Commands
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The switch sends a unicast request/identity packet to a supplicant system and then
triggers the transmission timer. The switch sends another request/identity packet to the
supplicant system if it does not receive the reply packet from the supplicant system
when this timer times out. The second case is when the switch authenticates the
802.1x client who cannot request for authentication actively. The switch sends multicast
request/identity packets periodically through the port enabled with 802.1x function. In
this case, this timer sets the interval to send the multicast request/identity packets.
The
tx-period-value
argument ranges from 10 to 120 (in seconds). By default, the
transmission timer is set to 30 seconds.
ver-period ver-period-value
: Sets the client version request timer. This timer sets the
version period and is triggered after a switch sends a version request packet. The
switch sends another version request packet if it does receive version response
packets from the supplicant system when the timer expires.
The
ver-period-value
argument ranges from 1 to 30 (in seconds). By default, the client
version request timer is set to 30 seconds.
Description
Use the
dot1x
timer
command to set a specified 802.1x timer.
Use the
undo dot1x
timer
command to restore a specified 802.1x timer to the default
setting.
During an 802.1x authentication process, multiple timers are triggered to ensure that
the supplicant systems, the authenticator systems, and the Authentication servers
interact with each other in an orderly way. To make authentications being processed in
the desired way, you can use the
dot1x
timer
command to set the timers as needed.
This may be necessary in some special situations or in tough network environments.
Normally, the defaults are recommended. (Note that some timers cannot be adjusted.)
Related command:
display dot1x
.
Example
# Set the RADIUS server timer to 150 seconds.
<Sysname> system-view
System View: return to User View with Ctrl+Z.
[Sysname] dot1x timer server-timeout 150
1.1.17 dot1x timer reauth-period
Syntax
dot1x timer reauth-period
reauth-period-value
undo dot1x timer reauth-period