Setting The Back-End Authenticator-To-Host Frame-Retransmission Number; Setting The Shutdown Timeout Period - Cisco WS-C2948G-GE-TX Configuration Manual

Configuring 802.1x Authentication on the Switch

Setting the Back-End Authenticator-to-Host Frame-Retransmission Number

The authentication server notifies the back-end authenticator each time that it receives a specific number
of frames. When the back-end authenticator does not receive this notification after sending the frames,
the back-end authenticator waits a set period of time and then retransmits the frames. You may set the
number of frames that the back-end authenticator retransmits from 1–10 (the default is 2).
To set the number of frames that are retransmitted from the back-end authenticator to the host, perform
this task in privileged mode:
Task
Set the back-end authenticator-to-host frame retransmission
number.
This example shows how to set the number of retransmitted frames that are sent from the back-end
authenticator to the host to 4:
Console> (enable) set dot1x max-req 4
dot1x max-req set to 4.

Setting the Shutdown Timeout Period

If a port is shut down because of a security violation, you must either manually reenable it or configure
the shutdown timeout period after which the port can be enabled again.
To set the period of time that a port will be disabled after a security violation, perform this task in
privileged mode:
Task
Set the shutdown timeout period.
This example shows how to set the shutdown timeout period:
Console> (enable) set dot1x shutdown-timeout 300
dot1x shutdown-timeout set to 300 seconds.
Console> (enable)
Setting the Back-End Authenticator-to-Host Frame-Retransmission Number
The authentication server notifies the back-end authenticator each time that it receives a specific number
of frames. When the back-end authenticator does not receive this notification after sending the frames,
the back-end authenticator waits a set period of time and then retransmits the frames. You may set the
number of frames that the back-end authenticator retransmits from 1–10 (the default is 2).
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Command
set dot1x max-req count
Command
set dot1x shutdown-timeout
1- 65535 seconds
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