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In MAC address mode, the local user name to be configured is the MAC address of an access user,
while the password may be the MAC address of the user or the fixed
used depends on your configuration). Hyphens must or must not be included depending on the
format
configured
usernameformat command; otherwise, the authentication will fail.
In fixed mode, all users' MAC addresses are automatically mapped to the configured local
passwords and use
The service type of a local user needs t
Related Concept
MAC
Ad ress Authentication Timers
d
The
following timers functi
Offline detect timer: At this interval, the switch checks to see whether an online user has gone
offline. Once detecting that a user becomes offline, the switch sends a stop-ac
the RADIUS server.
Quiet timer: Whenever a user fails MAC address authentication, the switch does not initiate any
MAC address authentication of the user during a p
Server timeout timer: During authentication of a user, if the switch receives no response from the
RADIUS server
and forbids the user from accessing the network.
Quiet
MAC Address
W
hen a user fails MAC address authentication, the MAC address becomes a quiet MAC address, which
means that any packets from the MAC address will be discarded simply by the switch until the quiet
timer expires.
This prevents an invalid user from being authenticated repeatedly in a short time.
If the quiet MAC is the same as the static MAC configured or an authentication-passed MAC, then the
quiet function is not effective.
Configuring Basic MAC Addre
F
ollow these steps to
To do...
Enter system view
Enable MAC address
authentication
globally
Enable MAC address
authentication for the
with
the
mac-authentication
rnames.
s
on in the process of MAC address authentication:
in this period, it assumes that its connection to the RADIUS server has timed out
ss Authentica
con
figure basic MA
C address authentication functions:
Use the command...
system-view
mac-authentica
tion
mac-authenticatio
In system view
interface-list
authmode
o be configured as lan-access.
eriod defined by this timer.
tion Function
n interface
35-2
password configured (which is
usernameasmacaddress
counting notice to
s
Remarks
Required
Disabled by default
Use either method

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