M A G N U M6 KS W I T C H E S ,M N S - 6 KU S E RG U I D EList of commands in this chapterSyntaxauth- configuration mode to configure the 802.1x parametersSyntaxshow auth-show the 802.1x configuration or port statusSyntaxauthserver [ip=] [udp=] [secret=]-define the RADIUSserver – use UDP socket number if the RADIUS authentication is on port other than 1812Syntaxauth -enables or disables the 802.1x authenticator function on MNS-6K switchSyntaxsetport port= [status=][control=] [initialize=]-setting theport characteristic for an 802.1x networkSyntaxbackend port= supptimeout=<1-240>] [servertimeout=<1-240>][maxreq=<1-10>]-configure parameters for EAP over RADIUSport– [mandatory] – port(s) to be configuredsupptimeout– [optional] This is the timeout in seconds the authenticator waits for thesupplicant to respond back. Default value is 30 seconds. Values can range from 1 to 240seconds.servertimeout– [optional] This is the timeout in seconds the authenticator waits for thebackend RADIUS server to respond back. The default value is 30 seconds. Values canrange from 1 to 240 seconds.maxreq– [optional] The maximum number of times the authenticator will retransmit anEAP Request packet to the Supplicant before it times out the authentication session. Itsdefault value is 2. It can be set to any integer value from 1 to 10.Syntaxportaccess port= [quiet=<0-65535>] [maxreauth=<0-10>][transmit=<1-65535>]-set port access parameters for authenticating PCs or supplicantsport– [mandatory] – ports to be configuredquiet– [optional] This is the quiet period, the amount of time, in seconds, the supplicantis held after an authentication failure before the authenticator retries the supplicant forconnection. The default value is 60 seconds. Values can range from 0 to 65535 seconds.maxreauth– [optional] The number of re-authentication attempts that are permittedbefore the port becomes unauthorized. Default value is 2. Values are integers and canrange from 0 to 10.transmit– [optional] This is the transmit period, this is the time in seconds theauthenticator waits to transmit another request for identification from the supplicant.Default value is 30. Values can be from 1 to 65535 seconds114
