1/10 and 10-Gigabit Layer 2/3 Ethernet Switches User’s Manual
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Table 5-66. 802.1x Timer Configuration Page Parameters
Parameter Description
Port
This parameter is the index of the port for which fields such as Q
UIET PERIOD,
T
RANSMIT PERIOD, and such are configured.
Quiet Period
(Seconds)
This parameter specifies the duration for which the authenticator will be silent
and will not attempt to acquire a supplicant. It can be configured to any value in
the range from 1 to 65535 seconds. The default value is 60.
Transmit Period
(Seconds)
This parameter specifies the time period used by the Authenticator State
machine to define when the EAPOL PDU is to be transmitted. It can be
configured to any value in the range from 1 to 65535 seconds. The default value
is 30.
Re-authentication
Period (Seconds)
This parameter specifies the time between periodic re-authentication of the
supplicant. The default value is 3600.
Supplicant Timeout
This parameter is the number of seconds that the switch waits for the
retransmission of packets by the switch to the client. It can be configured to any
value in the range from 1 to 65535 seconds. The default value is 30.
Server Timeout
This parameter is the number of seconds that the switch waits for the
retransmission of packets by the switch to the authentication server. It can be
configured to any value in the range from 1 to 65535 seconds. The default value
is 30.
Held Period
This parameter is the number of seconds that the supplicant waits before trying
to acquire the authenticator. It can be configured to any value in the range from 1
to 65535 seconds. The default value is 60.
Auth Period
This parameter is the number of seconds that the supplicant waits before
timing-out the authenticator. It can be configured to any value in the range from 1
to 65535 seconds. The default value is 30.
Start Period
This parameter specifies the time period to start authentication of the supplicant.
It can be configured to any value in the range from 1 to 65535 seconds The
default value is 30.
Max Start
This specifies the maximum number of EAPOL retries to the Authenticator. It can
be configured to any value in the range from 1 to 65535 seconds. The default
value is 2.