3Com Switch 7700 Configuration Manual page 300

292 C 9: AAA
HAPTER AND
RADIUS O
PERATION
EAP relay — the switch sends authentication information to the RADIUS server
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in the form of EAP packets, directly, so that the RADIUS server never supports
EAP authentication
Perform the following configurations in system view.
Table 7 Configure the Authentication Method for 802.1x Users
Operation
Configure the authentication method for
802.1x users
Restore the default authentication method for
802.1x users
Setting the Maximum Retransmission Times
The following commands are used for setting the maximum
authenticator-to-supplicant frame-retransmission times.
Perform the following configurations in system view.
Table 8 Set the Maximum Retransmission Times
Operation
Set the maximum retransmission times
Restore the default maximum retransmission
times
By default, the max-retry-value is 3. That is, the switch can retransmit the
authentication request frame to a supplicant 3 times at most.
Setting the Handshake Period of 802.1x
The following commands are used to set the handshake period of 802.1x. After
setting the handshake-period, the system will send the handshake packets by the
period set. If the dot1x retry time is configured as N, the system considers the user
logged off and sets the user in logoff stat if it does not receive a response from the
user N times, consecutively.
Perform the following configurations in system view.
Table 9 Set the Handshake Period of 802.1x
Operation
Set the handshake period of 802.1x
Restore the handshake period to the default
value
By default, the handshake period is 15 seconds.
Configuring Timers
The following commands are used for configuring the 802.1x timers.
Command
dot1x authentication-method { chap | pap
| eap md5-challenge}
undo dot1x authentication-method
Command
dot1x retry max-retry-value
undo dot1x retry
Command
dot1x timer handshake-period interval
undo dot1x timer handshake-period