Configuring MAC Authentication show macauthentication
25-26 Authentication Configuration
Configuring MAC Authentication
Purpose
Toreview,disable,enableandconfigureMACauthentication.Thisallowsthedeviceto
authenticatesourceMACaddresses inanexchangewithanauthenticationserver.The
authenticator(switch)selectsasourceMACseenonaMAC‐authenticationenabledport,and
submitsittoabackendclientforauthentication.Thebackendclientuses
theMACaddressstored
password,ifrequired,ascredentialsforanauthenticationattempt.Ifaccepted,astring
representinganaccesspolicymaybereturned.Ifpresent,theswitchappliestheassociatedpolicy
rules.Foraninformationonconfiguringpolicyclassification,referbacktoChapter 8.
Commands
show macauthentication
UsethiscommandtodisplayMACauthenticationinformation foroneormoreports.
Syntax
show macauthentication [port-string]
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show macauthentication 25-26
show macauthentication session 25-28
set macauthentication 25-29
set macauthentication password 25-29
clear macauthentication password 25-30
set macauthentication significant-bits 25-30
clear macauthentication significant-bits 25-31
set macauthentication port 25-31
set macauthentication authallocated 25-32
clear macauthentication authallocated 25-32
set macauthentication portinitialize 25-33
set macauthentication macinitialize 25-33
set macauthentication reauthentication 25-34
set macauthentication portreauthenticate 25-34
set macauthentication macreauthenticate 25-35
set macauthentication reauthperiod 25-35
clear macauthentication reauthperiod 25-36
set macauthentication quietperiod 25-37
clear macauthentication quietperiod 25-37