1-7 
Table 1-6 Display and debug MAC Authentication 
Operation  Command  Description 
Display global or on-port 
information about MAC 
authentication 
display mac-authentication 
[ interface interface-list ] 
Available in any view 
Clear the statistics of global or 
on-port MAC authentication 
reset mac-authentication 
statistics [ interface 
interface-type 
interface-number ] 
Available in user view 
 
MAC Authentication Configuration Example 
Network requirements 
As illustrated in Figure 1-1, a supplicant is connected to the switch through port Ethernet 1/0/2. 
z  MAC authentication is required on port Ethernet 1/0/2 to control user access to the Internet.  
z  All users belong to domain aabbcc.net. The authentication performed is locally and the MAC 
address of the PC (00-0d-88-f6-44-c1) is used as both the user name and password. 
Network Diagram 
Figure 1-1 Network diagram for MAC authentication configuration 
 
 
Configuration Procedure 
# Enable MAC authentication on port Ethernet 1/0/2. 
<Sysname> system-view 
[Sysname] mac-authentication interface Ethernet 1/0/2 
# Set the user name in MAC address mode for MAC authentication, requiring hyphened lowercase 
MAC addresses as the usernames and passwords. 
[Sysname] mac-authentication authmode usernameasmacaddress usernameformat with-hyphen 
lowercase 
# Add a local user. 
z  Specify the user name and password. 
[Sysname] local-user 00-0d-88-f6-44-c1 
[Sysname-luser-00-0d-88-f6-44-c1] password simple 00-0d-88-f6-44-c1 
z  Set the service type to “lan-access”. 
[Sysname-luser-00-0d-88-f6-44-c1] service-type lan-access 
[Sysname-luser-00-0d-88-f6-44-c1] quit 
# Add an ISP domain named aabbcc.net. 
[Sysname] domain aabbcc.net 
New Domain added.