Re-Authenticating A Port; Periodic Re-Authentication - Dell Force10 S4810P Configuration Manual

802.1x information on Te 0/0:
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Dot1x Status:
Port Control:
Port Auth Status:
Re-Authentication:
Untagged VLAN id:
Tx Period:
Quiet Period:
ReAuth Max:
Supplicant Timeout:
Server Timeout:
Re-Auth Interval:
Max-EAP-Req:
Auth Type:
Auth PAE State:
Backend State:
Auth PAE State:
Backend State:

Re-authenticating a Port

Periodic Re-authentication

After the supplicant has been authenticated, and the port has been authorized, the authenticator can be
configured to re-authenticates the supplicant periodically. If re-authentication is enabled, the supplicant is
required to re-authenticate every 3600 seconds, but this interval can be configured. A maximum number of
re-authentications can be configured as well.
To configure a re-authentication or a re-authentication period:
Step Task
1 Configure the authenticator to
periodically re-authenticate the
supplicant.
Enable
FORCE_AUTHORIZED
UNAUTHORIZED
Disable
None
90 seconds
120 seconds
2
30 seconds
30 seconds
3600 seconds
10
SINGLE_HOST
Initialize
Initialize
Initialize
Initialize
Command Syntax
dot1x reauthentication [interval] seconds
Range: 1-65535
Default:3600
Command Mode
INTERFACE
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