Allied Telesis AT-S63 User Manual

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Chapter 23: 802.1x Port-based Network Access Control Commands

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Section VIII: Port Security

startperiod

Specifies the time period in seconds between

successive attempts by the supplicant to establish
contact with an authenticator when there is no reply.
The range is 1 to 60. The default is 30.

username or

Specifies the username for the switch port. The

name

parameters are equivalent. The port sends the name to

the authentication server for verification when the port
logs on to the network. The username can be from 1 to
16 alphanumeric characters (A to Z, a to z, 1 to 9). Do
not use spaces or special characters, such as asterisks
or exclamation points. The username is case-sensitive.

password

Specifies the password for the switch port. The port
sends the password to the authentication server for
verification when the port logs on to the network. The
password can be from 1 to 16 alphanumeric characters
(A to Z, a to z, 1 to 9). Do not use spaces or special
characters, such as asterisks or exclamation points.
The password is case-sensitive.

Description

This command sets ports to the supplicant role and configures the
supplicant role parameters. This command also removes port-based
access control on a port.

Examples

The following command sets ports 5.14 to 5.16 to the supplicant role:

set portacess port=5.14-5.16 role=supplicant

The following command sets port 2.8 to the supplicant role, the name to
“switch22,” and the password to “bluebird”:

set portaccess port=2.8 role=supplicant name=switch22
password=bluebird

The following command removes port-based access control on ports 1.12
and 2.15:

set portaccess port=1.12,2.15 role=none

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