Allied Telesis IE340 Series - auth-mac password

C613-50631-01 Rev A Command Reference for IE340 Series 2270
AlliedWare Plus™ Operating System - Version 5.5.3-0.x
AUTHENTICATION COMMANDS
AUTH
-MAC PASSWORD
auth-mac password
Overview This command changes the password for MAC-based authentication.
Use the no variant of this command to return the password to its default.
Syntax
auth-mac [encrypted] password <password>
no auth-mac password
Default By default, the password is the MAC address of the supplicant.
Mode Global Configuration
Usage notes Changing the password increases the security of MAC-based authentication,
because the default password is easy for an attacker to discover. This is particularly
important if:
• some MAC-based supplicants on the network are intelligent devices, such as
computers, and/or
• you are using two-step authentication (see the “Ensuring Authentication
Methods Require Different Usernames and Passwords” section of the AAA
and Port Authentication Feature_Overview_and_Configuration_Guide).
Examples To change the password to verySecurePassword, use the commands:
awplus# configure terminal
awplus(config)# auth-mac password verySecurePassword
Related
commands
auth two-step enable
show auth
Command
changes
Version 5.4.8-2.1: Command added to AR2050V, AR3050S, AR4050S
Parameter Description
auth-mac MAC-based authentication
encrypted Specify an encrypted password
password Configure the password
<password> The new password. Passwords can be up to 64 characters in length
and can contain any printable characters except:
•?
• " (double quotes)
•space