3Com Switch 8800 Configuration Guide Chapter 39 802.1x Configuration39-1039.2.10 Configuring 802.1x TimersThe following commands are used for configuring the 802.1x timers.Perform the following configuration in system view.Table 39-10 Configure 802.1x timersOperation CommandConfigure timersdot1x timer { handshake-periodhandshake-period-value | quiet-periodquiet-period-value | tx-period tx-period-value |supp-timeout supp-timeout-value | server-timeoutserver-timeout-value }Restore default settingsof the timersundo dot1x timer { handshake-period | quiet-period |tx-period | supp-timeout | server-timeout }handshake-period: This timer begins after the user has passed the authentication.After setting handshake-period, system will send the handshake packet by the period.Suppose the dot1x retry time is configured as N, the system will consider the userhaving logged off and set the user as logoff state if system doesn’t receive the responsefrom user for consecutive N times.handshake-period-value: Handshake period. The value ranges from 1 to 1024 in unitsof second and defaults to 30.quiet-period: Specifies the quiet timer. If an 802.1x user has not passed theauthentication, the Authenticator will keep quiet for a while (which is specified byquiet-period timer) before launching the authentication again. During the quiet period,the Authenticator does not do anything related to 802.1x authentication.quiet-period-value: Specifies how long the quiet period is. The value ranges from 10 to120 in units of second and defaults to 60.server-timeout: Specifies the timeout timer of an Authentication Server. If anAuthentication Server has not responded before the specified period expires, theAuthenticator will resend the authentication request.server-timeout-value: Specifies how long the duration of a timeout timer of anAuthentication Server is. The value ranges from 100 to 300 in units of second anddefaults to 100 seconds.supp-timeout: Specifies the authentication timeout timer of a Supplicant. After theAuthenticator sends Request/Challenge request packet which requests the MD5encrypted text, the supp-timeout timer of the Authenticator begins to run. If theSupplicant does not respond back successfully within the time range set by this timer,the Authenticator will resend the above packet.
