Enterasys D-Series

Configuring 802.1X Authentication
Enterasys D-Series CLI Reference 17-11
Configuring 802.1X Authentication
Purpose
Toreviewandconfigure802.1XauthenticationforoneormoreportsusingEAPOL(Extensible
AuthenticationProtocol).802.1Xcontrolsnetworkaccessbyenforcinguserauthorizationon
selectedports,whichresultsinallowingordenyingnetworkaccessaccordingtoRADIUSserver
configuration.
Commands
show dot1x
Usethiscommandtodisplay802.1Xstatus,diagnostics,statistics,andreauthenticationor
initializationcontrolinformationforoneormoreports.
Syntax
show dot1x [auth-diag] [auth-stats] [port [init | reauth]] [port-string]
Parameters
Defaults
Ifnoparametersarespecified,802.1Xstatuswillbedisplayed.
Note: To configure EAP pass-through, which allows client authentication packets to be forwarded
through the switch to an upstream device, 802.1X authentication must be globally disabled with the
set dot1x command (“set dot1x” on page 17-14).
For information about... Refer to page...
show dot1x 17-11
show dot1x auth-config 17-13
set dot1x 17-14
set dot1x auth-config 17-15
clear dot1x auth-config 17-16
show eapol 17-17
set eapol 17-19
clear eapol 17-19
auth‐diag (Optional)Displaysauthenticationdiagnosticsinformation.
auth‐stats (Optional)Displaysauthenticationstatistics.
portinit|reauth (Optional)Displaysthestatusofportinitializationandreauthentication
controlfortheport.
port‐string (Optional)Displaysinformationforspecificport(s).Foradetailed
descriptionofpossibleport‐stringvalues,referto“PortStringSyntaxUsed
in
theCLI”onpage 6‐1.