3Com Switch 7750 SeriesCommand Reference Guide – AAA, RADIUS, HWTACACS, EADChapter 1 AAA & RADIUS & HWTACACSConfiguration Commands1-491.2.25 timerSyntaxtimer secondsundo timerViewRADIUS scheme viewParameterseconds: Response timeout time of RADIUS server, ranging from 1 second to 10seconds. By default, the response timeout time of the RADIUS server is three seconds.DescriptionUse the timer command to set the response timeout time of RADIUS server (that is, thetimeout time of the response timeout timer of RADIUS server).Use the undo timer command to restore the default response timeout timer of RADIUSserver.Note that:z If the switch gets no response from the RADIUS server after sending out aRADIUS request (authentication/authorization request or accounting request) andwaiting for a time, it should retransmit the packet to ensure that the user can obtainthe RADIUS service. This wait time is called response timeout time of RADIUSserver; and the timer in the switch system that is used to control this time is calledthe response timeout timer of RADIUS server. You can use the timer command toset the timeout time of this timer.z Appropriately setting the timeout time of this timer according to the networksituation can improve the performance of the system.z The timer command has the same effect with the timer response-timeoutcommand.Related command: radius scheme and retry.Example# Set the timeout time of the response timeout timer for the RADIUS scheme radius1 to5 seconds.<3Com>system-viewSystem View: return to User View with Ctrl+Z.[3Com] radius scheme radius1[3Com-radius-radius1] timer 5
