Configuring Timeouts - Dell Force10 C150 Configuration Manual

To configure a maximum number of re-authentications:
Step Task
1 Configure the maximum number of
times that the supplicant can be
reauthenticated.
Figure 7-9. Configuring a Reauthentiction Period
FTOS(conf-if-gi-2/1)#dot1x reauthentication interval 7200
FTOS(conf-if-gi-2/1)#dot1x reauth-max 10
FTOS(conf-if-gi-2/1)#do show dot1x interface gigabitethernet 2/1
802.1x information on Gi 2/1:
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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:

Configuring Timeouts

If the supplicant or the authentication server is unresponsive, the authenticator terminates the
authentication process after 30 seconds by default. The amount of time that the authenticator waits for a
response can be configured. The timeout for the supplicant applies to all EAP frames except for Request
Identity frames which are governed by the
To terminate the authentication process due to an unresponsive supplicant:
Step Task
1 Terminate the authentication process due to an
unresponsive supplicant.
Command Syntax
dot1x reauth-max number
Range: 1-10
Default: 2
Enable
FORCE_AUTHORIZED
UNAUTHORIZED
Enable
None
90 seconds
120 seconds
10
30 seconds
30 seconds
7200 seconds
10
SINGLE_HOST
Initialize
Initialize
Initialize
Initialize
tx-period
Command Syntax
dot1x supplicant-timeout seconds
Range: 1-300. Default: 30
Re-authentication Enabled
New Maximum Re-authentications
New Re-authentication Period
max-eap-req
and configurations.
Command Mode
INTERFACE
Command Mode
INTERFACE
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