Authentication Timer - Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Command Reference Manual

authentication timer

authentication timer
To configure the authentication timer, use the authentication timer command in interface configuration
mode. To return to the default settings, use the no form of this command.
Syntax Description
inactivity value
reauthenticate server
reauthenticate value
restart value
Command Default
The default settings are as follows:
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Command Modes
Interface configuration mode
Command History Release
12.2(50)SG
Usage Guidelines Reauthentication only occurs if it is enabled on the interface.
The authentication timer reauthenticate value command replaces the following dot1x command that
is deprecated in Cisco IOS Release 12.2(50)SG and later releases:
Catalyst 4500 Series Switch Cisco IOS Command Reference—Release IOS XE 3.3.0SG and IOS 15.1(1)SG)
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authentication timer {{inactivity value} | {reauthenticate {server | value}} | {restart value}}
no authentication timer {{inactivity value} | {reauthenticate value} | {restart value}}
Specifies the amount of time in seconds that a host is allowed to be inactive
before being authorized. Range is 1 to 65535. Default is Off.
Note
Specifies that the reauthentication period value for the client should be
obtained from the authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA)
server as Session-Timeout (RADIUS Attribute 27).
Specifies the amount of time in seconds after which an automatic
reauthentication is initiated. Range is 1 to 65535. Default is 3600.
Specifies the amount of time in seconds after which an attempt is made to
authenticate an unauthorized port. Range is 1 to 65535. Default is Off.
inactivity value—Off.
reauthenticate value—3600
restart value—Off
Modification
Support for this command was introduced.
[no] dot1x timeout {reauth-period seconds | quiet-period seconds | tx-period seconds |
supp-timeout seconds | server-timeout seconds}
Chapter 2 Cisco IOS Commands for the Catalyst 4500 Series Switches
The inactivity value should be less than the reauthenticate timer
value, but configuring the inactivity value higher than the
reauthenticate timer value is not considered an error.
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