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2.3.3 Auth Server
Common Server
Timeout
Dead Time
RADIUS Authentication Server Configuration
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Description
The Timeout, which can be set to a number between 3 and 3600 seconds, is the
maximum time to wait for a reply from a server. If the server does not reply within
this timeframe, we will consider it to be dead and continue with the next enabled
server (if any).
RADIUS servers are using the
to cope with lost frames, the timeout interval is divided into 3 subintervals of equal
length. If a reply is not received within the subinterval, the request is transmitted
again. This algorithm causes the RADIUS server to be queried up to 3 times before it
is considered to be dead.
The Dead Time, which can be set to a number between 0 and 3600 seconds, is the
period during which the switch will not send new requests to a server that has failed
to respond to a previous request. This will stop the switch from continually trying to
contact a server that it has already determined as dead. Setting the Dead Time to a
value greater than 0 (zero) will enable this feature, but only if more than one server
has been configured.
The RADIUS authentication server number for which the configuration applies
UDP
protocol, which is unreliable by design. In order
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