Specifying The Authfail Timeout Period; Specifying The Reauthentication Timeout Period - Cisco WS-C6506 Software Manual

Configuring MAC Authentication Bypass
To specify the shutdown timeout period, perform this task in privileged mode:
Task
Specify the shutdown timeout period.
This example shows how to specify the shutdown timeout period:
Console> (enable) set mac-auth-bypass shutdown-timeout 40
Shutdown Timeout set to 40 seconds.
Console> (enable)

Specifying the AuthFail Timeout Period

The global set mac-auth-bypass auth-fail-timeout seconds command specifies the time (in seconds)
that ports wait in the authentication failure (AuthFail) state before trying authentication again. The range
is from 5 to 65535 seconds. The default is 60 seconds.
To specify the AuthFail timeout period, perform this task in privileged mode:
Task
Specify the AuthFail timeout period.
This example shows how to specify the AuthFail timeout period:
Console> (enable) set mac-auth-bypass auth-fail-timeout 60
Authfail Timeout set to 60 seconds.
Console> (enable)

Specifying the Reauthentication Timeout Period

The global set mac-auth-bypass reauth-timeout seconds command specifies the time (in seconds) that
elapse before reauthentication is triggered after global reauthentication is enabled. The range is from
300 to 65535 seconds. The default is 3600 seconds.
To specify the reauthentication timeout period, perform this task in privileged mode:
Task
Specify the reauthentication timeout period.
This example shows how to specify the reauthentication timeout period:
Console> (enable) set mac-auth-bypass reauth-timeout 400
Reauth Timeout set to 400 seconds.
Console> (enable)
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Chapter 41 Configuring MAC Authentication Bypass
Command
set mac-auth-bypass
shutdown-timeout seconds
Command
set mac-auth-bypass auth-fail-timeout
seconds
Command
set mac-auth-bypass reauth-timeout
seconds
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