3com 8807 User Guide

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Specifies the interval of multicasting 802.1x request packets periodically. In 
order to be compatible with clients who do not send EAPoL-Start frames 
actively, Switch 8800 Family switches will multicast 802.1x request packets 
periodically. The clients will respond after receiving these packets. tx-period 
specifies the period of multicasting 802.1x request packets.

tx-period-value: Specifies how long the duration of the transmission timeout timer 
is. The value ranges from 10 to 120 in units of second and defaults to 30.

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When the number of users is 2048, the handshake period value should be no 
smaller than 2 minutes, and the handshake timeout times should be no less 
than 3 times;

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When the number of users is 1024, the handshake period value should be no 
smaller than 1 minutes, and the handshake timeout times should be no less 
than 3 times

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When the number of users is 512, the handshake period value should be no 
smaller than 30 seconds, and the handshake timeout times should be no less 
than 2 times.

You can use the following commands to enable/disable a Quiet-Period timer of an 
Authenticator (such as a 3Com Series Switch). If an 802.1x user has not passed the 
authentication, the Authenticator will keep quiet for a while (which is specified by 
dot1x timer quiet-period command) before launching the authentication again. 
During the Quiet Period, the Authenticator does not do anything related to 802.1x 
authentication.

Perform the following configuration in system view.

By default, Quiet-Period timer is disabled.

After the above configuration, execute display dot1x command in any view to 
display the running of the 802.1x configuration, and to verify the effect of the 
configuration. Execute reset dot1x statistics command in user view to reset 
802.1x statistics. Execute debugging command in user view to debug 802.1x.

Table 194   Enable/Disable a Quiet-Period timer

Enable a quiet-period timer 

dot1x quiet-period 

Disable a quiet-period timer 

Table 195   Display and debug 802.1x

Display the configuration, running and 
statistics information of 802.1x 

display dot1x [ sessions | statistics | 
enabled-interface | guest vlan ] [ interface 
interface-list | sessions | statistics] 

Reset the 802.1x statistics information 

reset dot1x statistics [ interface 
interface-list ]