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37.11 radius retransmit
To specify the number of times the switch searches the list of RADIUS server hosts before giving up, 
use the radius-server retransmit command in global configuration mode. To disable retransmission, 
use the no form of this command. 
 
Command Syntax 
radius-server retransmit retries 
no radius-server retransmit 
retries
Maximum number of retransmission attempts. The range is 0 to 100. The default is 
3. 
 
Default 
3 attempts
 
Command Mode 
Global configuration
 
Usage 
The switch tries all servers, allowing each one to time out before increasing the retransmit count. 
If the RADIUS server is only a few hops from the router, we recommend that you configure the 
RADIUS server retransmit rate to 5. 
 
Examples 
The following is sample output from the radius retransmit command: 
Switch(config)# radius retransmit 5 
 
Related Commands 
radius-server host 
radius-server key 
37.12 radius timeout
To set the interval for which a router waits for a server host to reply, use the radius-server timeout 
command in global configuration mode. To restore the default, use the no form of this command. 
 
Command Syntax 
radius-server timeout seconds 
no radius-server timeout 
seconds
Number that specifies the timeout interval, in seconds. The range is 1 to 1000. The 
default is 5 seconds. 
