3Com 4500 PWR 26-Port Configuration Manual page 426

To do...
specified port(s) or
the current port
Set the user name in
MAC address mode
for MAC address
authentication
Set the user name in
fixed mode for MAC
address
authentication
Specify an ISP
domain for MAC
address
authentication
Configure the MAC
address
authentication timers
If MAC address authentication is enabled on a port, you cannot configure the maximum number of
dynamic MAC address entries for that port (through the mac-address max-mac-count command),
and vice versa.
If MAC address authentication is enabled on a port, you cannot configure port security (through the
port-security enable command) on that port, and vice versa.
You can configure MAC address authentication on a port before enabling it globally. However
configuration will not take effect unless MAC address authentication is enabled globally.
Use the command...
interface interface-type
interface-number
In interface
view
mac-authentication
quit
mac-authentication a uthmode
usernam easmacaddr ess [ usernameformat
{ with-hyphen | withou
uppercase } | fixedpassword password ]
Set the user name in
fixed mode for MAC mac-authentication
address authmode usernamefixed
authenticatio n
Configure the user mac-authentication
name authusername us
Configure the mac-authentication
password authpassword password
mac-authentication domain isp-name
mac-authentication timer { offline-detect
offline-detect-value | quiet quiet-value |
server-timeout server-timeout-value }
35-3
t-hyphen } { lowercase |
ername
Remarks
Disabled by default
Optional
By defaul t, the MAC
address o f a user is
used as the user
name.
Optional
By default, the user
name is "m ac" and
no password is
configured.
Required
The default ISP
domain (defau lt
domain) is used by
default.
Optional
The default timeout
values are a s
follows:
300 seconds for
offline detect timer;
60 seconds for quiet
timer; and
100 seconds for
server timeout timer
, the