990 BigIron RX Series Configuration Guide
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Sample 802.1x configurations
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Point-to-point configuration
Figure 129 illustrates a sample 802.1x configuration with Clients connected to three ports on the 
BigIron RX device. In a point-to-point configuration, only one 802.1x Client can be connected to 
each port.
FIGURE 129  Sample point-to-point 802.1x configuration
The following commands configure the BigIron RX in Figure 129.
BigIron RX(config)# aaa authentication dot1x default radius
BigIron RX(config)# radius-server host 192.168.9.22 auth-port 1812 acct-port 1813 
default key mirabeau dot1x
BigIron RX(config)# dot1x-enable e 2/1 to 2/3
BigIron RX(config-dot1x)# re-authentication
BigIron RX(config-dot1x)# timeout re-authperiod 2000
BigIron RX(config-dot1x)# timeout quiet-period 30
BigIron RX(config-dot1x)# timeout tx-period 60
BigIron RX(config-dot1x)# max-req 6
BigIron RX(config-dot1x)# exit
BigIron RX(config)# interface e 2/1
BigIron RX(config-if-e100-1)# dot1x port-control auto
BigIron RX(config-if-e100-1)# exit
BigIron RX(config)# interface e 2/2
BigIron RXconfig-if-e100-2)# dot1x port-control auto
BigIron RX(config-if-e100-2)# exit
BigIron RX(config)# interface e 2/3
BigIron RX(config-if-e100-3)# dot1x port-control auto
BigIron RX(config-if-e100-3)# exit
RADIUS Server
(Authentication Server)
BigIron Device
(Authenticator)
Clients/Supplicants running 802.1X-compliant client software
192.168.9.22
e2/1
e2/2
e2/3