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| Authentication Commands
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auth deadtime This command displays or sets the time after which the switch considers
an authentication server to be dead if it does not reply.
SYNTAX
auth deadtime [dead-time]
dead-time - The time after which the switch considers an
authentication server to be dead if it does not reply.
(Range: 0-3600 seconds)
DEFAULT SETTING
300 seconds
COMMAND USAGE
Setting the dead time to a value greater than 0 (zero) will cause the
authentication server to be ignored until the dead time has expired.
However, if only one server is enabled, it will never be considered dead.
EXAMPLE
Auth>deadtime 400
Auth>
auth radius This command displays or sets RADIUS authentication server settings.
SYNTAX
auth radius [server-index] [enable | disable] [ip-addr] [secret]
[server-port]
server-index - Allows you to specify up to five servers. These
servers are queried in sequence until a server responds or the
retransmit period expires.
enable - Enables the specified RADIUS authentication server.
disable - Disables the specified RADIUS authentication server.
ip-addr - IP address or IP alias of authentication server. An IPv4
address consists of 4 numbers, 0 to 255, separated by periods.
secret - Encryption key used to authenticate logon access for the
client. (Maximum length: 29 characters)
server-port - Network (UDP) port of authentication server used for
authentication messages. (Range: 0-65535, where 0 means that
the switch will use the default port 1812)
To set an empty secret, use two quotes (“”). To use spaces in the
secret, enquote the secret. Quotes in the secret are not allowed.
DEFAULT SETTING
Authentication: Disabled
Server Port: 1812