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During re-authentication, the switch 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 switch and the switch receives an 
Access-Accept packet whose Termination-Action attribute field is 1, the switch 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 switch.  
Table 1-9 Configure the re-authentication interval 
Operation  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. 
 
Displaying and Debugging 802.1x 
After performing the above configurations, you can display and verify the 802.1x-related configuration 
by executing the display command in any view. 
You can clear 802.1x-related statistics information by executing the reset command in user view. 
Table 1-10 Display and debug 802.1x 
Operation  Command  Remarks 
Display the configuration, 
session, and statistics 
information about 802.1x 
display dot1x [ sessions | 
statistics ] [ interface 
interface-list ] 
This command can be 
executed in any view. 
Clear 802.1x-related statistics 
information 
reset dot1x statistics 
[ interface interface-list ] 
Execute this command in user 
view. 
 
Configuration Example 
802.1x Configuration Example 
Network requirements 
z  Authenticate users on all ports to control their accesses to the Internet. The switch operates in 
MAC address-based access control mode. 
z  All supplicant systems that pass the authentication belong to the default domain named 
“aabbcc.net”. The domain can accommodate up to 30 users. As for authentication, a supplicant 
system is authenticated locally if the RADIUS server fails. And as for accounting, a supplicant 
system is disconnected by force if the RADIUS server fails. The name of an authenticated 
supplicant system is not suffixed with the domain name. A connection is terminated if the total size 
of the data passes through it during a period of 20 minutes is less than 2,000 bytes.