114 | 802.1Xw w w . d e l l . c o m | s u p p o r t . d e l l . c o mConfiguring Request Identity Re-transmissionsIf the authenticator sends a Request Identity frame, but the supplicant does not respond, the authenticatorwaits 30 seconds and then re-transmits the frame. The amount of time that the authenticator waits beforere-transmitting and the maximum number of times that the authenticator re-transmits are configurable.To configure the amount of time that the authenticator waits before re-transmitting an EAP RequestIdentity frame:To configure a maximum number of Request Identity re-transmissions:Figure 7-7 shows configuration information for a port for which the authenticator re-transmits an EAPRequest Identity frame after 90 seconds and re-transmits a maximum of 10 times.Configuring a Quiet Period after a Failed AuthenticationIf the supplicant fails the authentication process, the authenticator sends another Request Identity frameafter 30 seconds by default, but this period can be configured.To configure the quiet period after a failed authentication:Note: There are several reasons why the supplicant might fail to respond; the supplicant might have beenbooting when the request arrived, there might be a physical layer problem, or the supplicant might not be802.1x capable.Step Task Command Syntax Command Mode1 Configure the amount of time that the authenticatorwaits before re-transmitting an EAP Request Identityframe.dot1x tx-period numberRange: 1-31536000 (1 year)Default: 30INTERFACEStep Task Command Syntax Command Mode1 Configure a maximum number of times that a RequestIdentity frame can be re-transmitted by theauthenticator.dot1x max-eap-req numberRange: 1-10Default: 2INTERFACENote: The quiet period (dot1x quiet-period) is an transmit interval for after a failed authentication where asthe Request Identity Re-transmit interval (dot1x tx-period) is for an unresponsive supplicant.Step Task Command Syntax Command Mode1 Configure the amount of time that the authenticatorwaits to re-transmit a Request Identity frame after afailed authentication.dot1x quiet-period secondsRange: 1-65535Default: 60INTERFACE
