3com WX3000 User Manual

 

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In system 
view 

mac-authentication interface 
interface-list 

interface interface-type 
interface-number 

Enable MAC 
authentication for 
the specified 
port(s) or the 
current port 

In interface 
view 

Use either method 

Disabled by default 

Set the username 
in MAC address 
mode for MAC 
authentication 

mac-authentication authmode 
usernameasmacaddress [ usernameformat 
{ with-hyphen | without-hyphen } { lowercase | 
uppercase } | fixedpassword password ] 

Optional 

By default, the MAC 
address of a user is 
used as the 
username.  

Set the 
username in 
fixed mode 
for MAC 
authenticatio
n 

Configure the 
username 

mac-authentication authusername 
username 

Set the username 
in fixed mode for 
MAC 
authentication 

Configure the 
password 

mac-authentication authpassword 
password 

Optional 

By default, the 
username is “mac” 
and no password is 
configured.  

Specify an ISP 
domain for MAC 
authentication 

mac-authentication domain isp-name 

Required 

The default ISP 
domain (default 
domain) is used by 
default. 

Configure the MAC 
authentication 
timers 

mac-authentication timer { offline-detect 
offline-detect-value | quiet quiet-value | 
server-timeout server-timeout-value } 

Optional 

The default timeout 
values are as 
follows: 

300 seconds for 
offline detect timer;  

60 seconds for quiet 
timer; and 

100 seconds for 
server timeout timer 

 

z 

If MAC authentication is enabled on a port, you cannot configure the maximum number of dynamic 

MAC address entries for that port (through the mac-address max-mac-count command), and 

vice versa. 

z 

If MAC authentication is enabled on a port, you cannot configure port security (through the 

port-security enable command) on that port, and vice versa. 

z 

You can configure MAC authentication on a port before enabling it globally. However, the 

configuration will not take effect unless MAC authentication is enabled globally.