3com S7906E Reference Guide

 

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In system view: 

mac-authentication [ interface interface-list ] 

undo mac-authentication [ interface interface-list ] 

In Ethernet interface view: 

undo mac-authentication 

System view, Ethernet interface view 

2: System level 

interface interface-list: Specifies an Ethernet port list, in the format of { interface-type interface-number 

[ to interface-type interface-number ] }&<1-10>, where &<1-10> indicates that you can specify up to 10 

port ranges. A port range defined without the to interface-type interface-number portion comprises only 

one port. 

Use the mac-authentication command to enable MAC authentication globally or for one or more ports. 

Use the undo mac-authentication command to disable MAC authentication globally or for one or more 

ports. 

By default, MAC authentication is neither enabled globally nor enabled on any port. 

Note that: 

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In system view, if you provide the interface-list  argument,  the command enables MAC 

authentication for the specified ports; otherwise, the command enables MAC authentication 

globally. In Ethernet interface view, the command enables MAC authentication for the port because 

the interface-list argument is not available.  

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You can enable MAC authentication for ports before enabling it globally. However, MAC 

authentication begins to function only after you also enable it globally. 

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You can configure MAC authentication parameters globally or for specified ports either before or 

after enabling MAC authentication. If no MAC authentication parameters are configured when MAC 

authentication takes effect, the default values are used.  

# Enable MAC authentication globally. 

<Sysname> system-view 

[Sysname] mac-authentication 

Mac-auth is enabled globally. 

# Enable MAC authentication for port GigabitEthernet 2/0/1.