Managing 802.1X on the WSS 583Nortel WLAN—Security Switch 2300 Series Configuration GuideSetting the bonded authentication periodThe following command sets the Bonded Authentication (bonded authentication) period, which is the numberof seconds WSS Software retains session information for an authenticated machine while waiting for the802.1X client on the machine to start (re)authentication for the user.Normally, the Bonded Authentication period needs to be set only if the network has Bonded Authenticationclients that use dynamic WEP, or use WEP-40 or WEP-104 encryption with WPA or RSN. These clients canbe affected by the 802.1X reauthentication parameter or the RADIUS Session-Timeout parameter.To set the Bonded Authentication period, use the following command:set dot1x bonded-period secondsThe Bonded Authentication period applies only to 802.1X authentication rules that contain the bonded option.To reset the Bonded Authentication period to its default value, use the following command:clear dot1x max-req(For more information about Bonded Authentication, see “Binding user authentication to machine authentica-tion” (page 487).)Managing other timersBy default, the WSS waits 60 seconds before responding to a client whose authentication failed, and times outa request to a RADIUS server or an authentication session with a client after 30 seconds. You can modifythese defaults.
