Configuring Mac Authentication - Enterasys N Standalone (NSA) Series Configuration Manual

Security Configuration Command Set

Configuring MAC Authentication

14.3.7 Configuring MAC Authentication
Purpose
To review, disable, enable and configure MAC authentication. This allows the device to
authenticate source MAC addresses in an exchange with an authentication server. The authenticator
(switch) selects a source MAC seen on a MAC-authentication enabled port, and submits it to a
backend client for authentication. The backend client uses the MAC address stored password, if
required, as credentials for an authentication attempt. If accepted, a string representing an access
policy may be returned. If present, the switch applies the associated policy rules. For an information
on configuring policy classification, refer back to
Commands
The commands needed to review, enable, disable, and configure MAC authentication are listed
below and described in the associated section as shown:
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show macauthentication
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show macauthentication session
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set macauthentication
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set macauthentication password
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clear macauthentication password
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set macauthentication significant-bits
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clear macauthentication significant-bits
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set macauthentication port
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set macauthentication authallocated
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clear macauthentication authallocated
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set macauthentication portinitialize
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set macauthentication macinitialize
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set macauthentication reauthentication
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set macauthentication portreauthenticate
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set macauthentication macreauthenticate
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set macauthentication reauthperiod
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