Setting The Maximum Number Of Authentication Request Attempts; Setting The 802.1X Authentication Timeout Timers - HP A5830 Series Configuration Manual

To do...
2. Set the
maximum
number of
concurrent
802.1X
users on a
port

Setting the maximum number of authentication request attempts

The network access device retransmits an authentication request if it receives no response to the request
it has sent to the client within a period of time (specified by using the dot1x timer tx-period tx-period-
value command or the dot1x timer supp-timeout supp-timeout-value command). The network access
device stops retransmitting the request if it has made the maximum number of request transmission
attempts but still receives no response.
To set the maximum number of authentication request attempts:
To do...
1. Enter system view.
2. Set the maximum number of
attempts for sending an
authentication request.

Setting the 802.1X authentication timeout timers

The network device uses the following 802.1X authentication timeout timers:
Client timeout timer—Starts when the access device sends an EAP-Request/MD5 Challenge packet
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to a client. If no response is received when this timer expires, the access device retransmits the
request to the client.
Server timeout timer—Starts when the access device sends a RADIUS Access-Request packet to the
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authentication server. If no response is received when this timer expires, the access device
retransmits the request to the server.
You can set the client timeout timer to a high value in a low-performance network and adjust the server
timeout timer to adapt to the performance of different authentication servers. In most cases, the default
settings are sufficient.
To set the 802.1X authentication timeout timers:
To do...
1. Enter system view.
2. Set the client timeout
timer.
3. Set the server timeout
timer.
Use the command...
dot1x max-user user-number [
In system view
interface interface-list ]
interface interface-type interface-
number
In Ethernet
interface view
dot1x max-user user-number [
interface interface-list ]
Use the command...
system-view
dot1x retry max-retry-value
Use the command...
system-view
dot1x timer supp-timeout supp-
timeout-value
dot1x timer server-timeout server-
timeout-value
Remarks
Optional.
Use either approach.
1024 by default.
Remarks
—
Optional
2 by default
Remarks
—
Optional.
The default is 30 seconds.
Optional.
The default is 100 seconds.
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