3Com 4500G Family Configuration Manual page 639

Configuration procedure
1) Configure MAC authentication on the device
# Add a local user, setting the username and password as 00-e0-fc-12-34-56, the MAC address of the
user.
<Device> system-view
[Device] local-user 00-e0-fc-12-34-56
[Device-luser-00-e0-fc-12-34-56] password simple 00-e0-fc-12-34-56
[Device-luser-00-e0-fc-12-34-56] service-type lan-access
[Device-luser-00-e0-fc-12-34-56] quit
# Configure ISP domain aabbcc.net, and specify that the users in the domain use local authentication.
[Device] domain aabbcc.net
[Device-isp-aabbcc.net] authentication lan-access local
[Device-isp-aabbcc.net] quit
# Enable MAC authentication globally.
[Device] mac-authentication
# Enable MAC authentication for port GigabitEthernet 1/0/1.
[Device] mac-authentication interface GigabitEthernet 1/0/1
# Specify the ISP domain for MAC authentication.
[Device] mac-authentication domain aabbcc.net
# Set the MAC authentication timers.
[Device] mac-authentication timer offline-detect 180
[Device] mac-authentication timer quiet 180
# Specify the MAC authentication username format as MAC address, that is, using the MAC address
(with hyphens) of a user as the username and password for MAC authentication of the user.
[Device] mac-authentication user-name-format mac-address with-hyphen
2) Verify the configuration
# Display global MAC authentication information.
<Device> display mac-authentication
MAC address authentication is enabled.
User name format is MAC address, like xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx
Fixed username:mac
Fixed password:not configured
Offline detect period is 180s
Quiet period is 180s.
Server response timeout value is 100s
The max allowed user number is 1024 per slot
Current user number amounts to 1
Current domain is aabbcc.net
Silent Mac User info:
MAC Addr
GigabitEthernet1/0/1 is link-up
MAC address authentication is enabled
Authenticate success: 1, failed: 0
Current online user number is 1
MAC Addr
00e0-fc12-3456
From Port
Authenticate state
MAC_AUTHENTICATOR_SUCCESS
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Port Index
Auth Index
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