Authentication Priority - Dell Catalyst 3130 Command Reference Manual

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authentication priority

Use the authentication priority interface configuration command to add an authentication method to
the port-priority list.
Syntax Description
dot1x
mab
webauth
Command Default The default priority is 802.1x authentication, followed by MAC authentication bypass and web
authentication.
Command Modes Interface configuration
Command History Release
12.2(50)SE
Usage Guidelines Ordering sets the order of methods that the switch attempts when trying to authenticate a new device is
connected to a port.
When configuring multiple fallback methods on a port, set web authentication (webauth) last.
Assigning priorities to different authentication methods allows a higher-priority method to interrupt an
in-progress authentation method with a lower priority.
If a client is already authenticated, it might be reauthenticated if an interruption from a higher-priority
Note
method occurs.
The default priority of an authentication method is equivalent to its position in execution-list order:
802.1x authentication, MAC authentication bypass, and web authentication. Use the dot1x, mab, and
webauth keywords to change this default order.
Examples
This example shows how to set 802.1x as the first authentication method and web authentication as the
second authentication method:
Switch(config)# authentication priority dotx webauth
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auth priority [dot1x | mab] {webauth}
no auth priority [dot1x | mab] {webauth}
Add 802.1x to the order of authentication methods.
Add MAC authentication bypass (MAB) to the order of authentication
methods.
Add web authentication to the order of authentication methods.
Modification
This command was introduced.
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