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Catalyst 3550 Multilayer Switch Command Reference
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Chapter 2 Catalyst 3550 Switch Cisco IOS Commands
dot1x timeout
dot1x timeout
Use the dot1x timeout interface configuration command to set the IEEE 802.1x timers. Use the no form
of this command to return to the default setting.
dot1x timeout {quiet-period seconds | ratelimit-period seconds | reauth-period {seconds |
server} | server-timeout seconds | supp-timeout seconds | tx-period seconds}
no dot1x timeout {quiet-period | reauth-period | server-timeout | supp-timeout | tx-period}
Syntax Description
Defaults These are the defaults:
quiet-period is 60 seconds.
rate-limit is 0 seconds.
reauth-period is 3600 seconds.
server-timeout is 30 seconds.
supp-timeout is 30 seconds.
tx-period is 5 seconds.
Command Modes Interface configuration
quiet-period
seconds
Number of seconds that the switch remains in the quiet state following a failed
authentication exchange with the client. The range is 1 to 65535.
ratelimit-period
seconds
Number of seconds that the switch ignores Extensible Authentication Protocol
over LAN (EAPOL) packets from clients that have been successfully
authenticated during this duration. The range is 1 to 65535.
reauth-period
seconds
Set the number of seconds between re-authentication attempts.
The keywords have these meanings:
• seconds—Sets the number of seconds from 1 to 65535; the default is
3600
seconds.
• server—Sets the number of seconds as the value of the Session-Timeout
RADIUS attribute (Attribute[27]).
server-timeout
seconds
Number of seconds that the switch waits for the retransmission of packets by
the switch to the authentication server. The range is 30 to 65535.
supp-timeout
seconds
Number of seconds that the switch waits for the retransmission of packets by
the switch to the client. The range is 30 to 65535.
tx-period seconds Number of seconds that the switch waits for a response to an
EAP-request/identity frame from the client before retransmitting the request.
The range is 1 to 65535.