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802.1X Port Authentication
9
Command Mode
Privileged Exec
Command Usage
This command displays the following information:
•
Global 802.1X Parameters – Shows whether or not 802.1X port authentication is globally
enabled on the switch (
).
•
Authenticator Parameters – Shows whether or not EAPOL pass-through is enabled (
•
Supplicant Parameters – Shows the supplicant user name used when the switch responds to
an MD5 challenge from an authenticator (
).
•
802.1X Port Summary – Displays the port access control parameters for each interface that
has enabled 802.1X, including the following items:
•
Type – Administrative state for port access control (Enabled, Authenticator, or
Supplicant).
•
Operation Mode–Allows single or multiple hosts (
•
Control Mode – Dot1x port control mode (
).
•
Authorized– Authorization status (yes or n/a - not authorized).
•
802.1X Port Details – Displays the port access control parameters for each interface, including
the following items:
•
Reauthentication – Periodic re-authentication (
•
Reauth Period – Time after which a connected client must be re-authenticated
(
).
•
Quiet Period – Time a port waits after Max Request Count is exceeded before attempting
to acquire a new client (
page 181
).
•
TX Period – Time a port waits during authentication session before re-transmitting EAP
packet (
•
Supplicant Timeout – Supplicant timeout.
•
Server Timeout – Server timeout. A RADIUS server must be set before the correct
operational value of 10 seconds will be displayed in this field.
•
Reauth Max Retries – Maximum number of reauthentication attempts.
•
Max Request – Maximum number of times a port will retransmit an EAP request/identity
packet to the client before it times out the authentication session (
).
•
Operation Mode– Shows if single or multiple hosts (clients) can connect to an
802.1X-authorized port.
•
Port Control–Shows the dot1x mode on a port as auto, force-authorized, or
force-unauthorized (
•
Intrusion Action– Shows the port response to intrusion when authentication fails
(
).
•
Supplicant– MAC address of authorized client.
•
Authenticator State Machine
•
State – Current state (including initialize, disconnected, connecting, authenticating,
authenticated, aborting, held, force_authorized, force_unauthorized).
•
Reauth Count– Number of times connecting state is re-entered.