Configuring 802.1x re-authentication, Configuring the 802.1x re-authentication timer – H3C Technologies H3C WX3000 Series Unified Switches User Manual

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Configuring 802.1x Re-Authentication

Follow these steps to enable 802.1x re-authentication:

To do…

Use the command…

Remarks

Enter system view

system-view

Enable 802.1x globally

dot1x

Required
By default, 802.1x is disabled
globally.

In system view

dot1x

[ interface interface-list ]

Enable 802.1x
for specified
ports

In port view

dot1x

Required
By default, 802.1x is disabled on
all ports.

In system view

dot1x re-authenticate

[ interface

interface-list

]

Enable 802.1x
re-authenticatio
n on port(s)

In port view

dot1x re-authenticate

Required
By default, 802.1x
re-authentication is disabled on a
port.

To enable 802.1x re-authentication on a port, you must first enable 802.1x globally and on the port.

Configuring the 802.1x Re-Authentication Timer

After 802.1x re-authentication is enabled on the device, the device determines the re-authentication
interval in one of the following two ways:

1) The device uses the value of the Session-timeout attribute field of the Access-Accept packet sent

by the RADIUS server as the re-authentication interval.

2) The device uses the value configured with the dot1x timer reauth-period command as the

re-authentication interval for access users.

Note the following:

During re-authentication, the device always uses the latest re-authentication interval configured, no
matter which of the above-mentioned two ways is used to determine the re-authentication interval. For
example, if you configure a re-authentication interval on the device and the device receives an
Access-Accept packet whose Termination-Action attribute field is 1, the device will ultimately use the
value of the Session-timeout attribute field as the re-authentication interval.

The following introduces how to configure the 802.1x re-authentication timer on the device.

Follow these steps to configure the re-authentication interval:

To do…

Use the command…

Remarks

Enter system view

system-view

Configure a re-authentication
interval

dot1x

timer reauth-period

reauth-period-value

Optional
By default, the re-authentication interval
is 3,600 seconds.

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