Dot1X Port-Method - 3Com 5500-EI PWR Reference Manual

dot1x port-method

Syntax
dot1x port-method { macbased | portbased } [ interface interface-list ]
undo dot1x port-method [ interface interface-list ]
View
System view, Ethernet port view
Parameters
macbased: Performs MAC-based authentication.
portbased: Performs port-based authentication.
interface-list: Ethernet port list, in the form of interface-list= { interface-type interface-number [ to
interface-type interface-number ] } &<1-10>, in which interface-type specifies the type of an Ethernet
port and interface-number is the number of the port. The string "&<1-10>" means that up to 10 port lists
can be provided.
Description
Use the dot1x port-method command to specify the access control method for specified Ethernet
ports.
Use the undo dot1x port-method command to revert to the default access control method.
By default, the access control method is macbased.
This command specifies the way in which the users are authenticated.
In MAC-based authentication mode, the users connected to the port are authenticated separately.
Thus, log-off of a user will not affect other users.
In port-based authentication mode, all the users connected to the port can access the network
without being authenticated if a user among them passes the authentication. When the user logs
off, the network is inaccessible to all other supplicant systems too.
Changing the access control method on a port by the dot1x port-method command will forcibly log
out the online 802.1x users on the port.
In system view:
If you do not provide the interface-list argument, these two commands apply to all the ports of the
switch.
If you specify the interface-list argument, these commands apply to the specified ports.
In Ethernet port view, the interface-list argument is not available and the commands apply to only the
current Ethernet port.
Related commands: display dot1x.
Examples
# Specify to authenticate users connected to Ethernet 1/0/1 by port numbers.
<Sysname> system-view
System View: return to User View with Ctrl+Z.
[Sysname] dot1x port-method portbased interface Ethernet 1/0/1
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