Enterasys Networks D-Series - Manual (Page 483)

Configuring MAC Authentication
Enterasys D-Series CLI Reference 17-21
Configuring MAC Authentication
Purpose
To review, disable, enable and configure MAC authentication. This authentication method allows
the device to authenticate source MAC addresses in an exchange with an authentication server.
The authenticator (switch) selects a source MAC seen on a MAC‐authentication enabled port and
submits it to a backend client for authentication. The backend client uses the MAC address stored
password, if required, as credentials for an authentication attempt. If accepted, a string
representing an access policy may be returned. If present, the switch applies the associated policy
rules.
You can specify a mask to apply to MAC addresses when authenticating users through a RADIUS
server (see “
set macauthentication significant‐bits ” on page 17‐31). The most common use of
significant bit masks is for authentication of all MAC addresses for a specific vendor.
Commands
show macauthentication
Use this command to display MAC authentication information for one or more ports.
Syntax
show macauthentication [port-string]
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show macauthentication 17-21
show macauthentication session 17-23
set macauthentication 17-24
set macauthentication password 17-24
clear macauthentication password 17-25
set macauthentication port 17-25
set macauthentication portinitialize 17-26
set macauthentication portquietperiod 17-26
clear macauthentication portquietperiod 17-27
set macauthentication macinitialize 17-27
set macauthentication reauthentication 17-28
set macauthentication portreauthenticate 17-28
set macauthentication macreauthenticate 17-29
set macauthentication reauthperiod 17-29
clear macauthentication reauthperiod 17-30
set macauthentication significant-bits 17-31
clear macauthentication significant-bits 17-31