Configuring A Quiet Period After A Failed Authentication - Dell Force10 S4810P Configuration Manual

To configure the amount of time that the authenticator waits before re-transmitting an EAP Request
Identity frame:
Step Task
1 Configure the amount of time that the authenticator
waits before re-transmitting an EAP Request Identity
frame.
To configure a maximum number of Request Identity re-transmissions:
Step Task
1 Configure a maximum number of times that a Request
Identity frame can be re-transmitted by the
authenticator.
The example in

Configuring a Quiet Period after a Failed Authentication

for a port for which the authenticator re-transmits an EAP Request Identity frame after 90 seconds and
re-transmits a maximum of 10 times.
Configuring a Quiet Period after a Failed Authentication
If the supplicant fails the authentication process, the authenticator sends another Request Identity frame
after 30 seconds by default, but this period can be configured.
Note: The quiet period (
the Request Identity Re-transmit interval (
To configure the quiet period after a failed authentication:
Step Task
1 Configure the amount of time that the authenticator
waits to re-transmit a Request Identity frame after a
failed authentication.
The example below shows configuration information for a port for which the authenticator re-transmits an
EAP Request Identity frame:
• after 90 seconds and a maximum of 10 times for an unresponsive supplicant
• Re-transmits an EAP Request Identity frame
FTOS(conf-if-range-Te-0/0)#dot1x tx-period 90
FTOS(conf-if-range-Te-0/0)#dot1x max-eap-req 10
FTOS(conf-if-range-Te-0/0)#dot1x quiet-period 120
FTOS#show dot1x interface TenGigabitEthernet 2/1
dot1x quiet-period ) is an transmit interval for after a failed authentication where as
dot1x tx-period
Command Syntax
dot1x tx-period number
Range: 1 - 65535 (1 year)
Default: 30
Command Syntax
dot1x max-eap-req number
Range: 1- 10
Default: 2
shows configuration information
) is for an unresponsive supplicant.
Command Syntax
dot1x quiet-period seconds
Range: 1- 65535
Default: 60
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