Authentication Timer - Cisco Catalyst 3560X-24P Command Reference Manual

authentication timer

authentication timer
Use the authentication timer interface configuration command to configure the timeout and
reauthentication parameters for an 802.1x-enabled port.
Syntax Description
inactivity
reauthenticate Time in seconds after which an automatic re-authentication attempt starts.
restart
value
Defaults The inactivity and restart keywords are set to off. The reauthenticate keyword is set to one hour.
Command Modes
Interface configuration
Command History Release
12.2(53)SE2
Usage Guidelines If a timeout value is not configured, an 802.1x session stays authorized indefinitely. No other host can
use the port, and the connected host cannot move to another port on the same switch.
Examples This example shows how to set the authentication inactivity timer to 60 seconds:
Switch(config-if)# authentication timer inactivity 60
This example shows how to set the reauthentication timer to 120 seconds:
Switch(config-if)# authentication timer restart 120
You can verify your settings by entering the show authentication privileged EXEC command.
Related Commands Command
authentication
control-direction
authentication event
authentication
fallback
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authentication timer {{[inactivity | reauthenticate]} {restart value}}
no authentication timer {{[inactivity | reauthenticate]} {restart value}}
Interval in seconds after which the client is unauthorized if there is no
activity.
Interval in seconds after which an attempt is made to authenticate an
unauthorized port.
Enter a value between 1 and 65535 (in seconds).
Modification
This command was introduced.
Description
Configures the port mode as unidirectional or bidirectional.
Sets the action for specific authentication events.
Configures a port to use web authentication as a fallback method for clients
that do not support IEEE 802.1x authentication.
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