3com WX2200 3CRWX220095A User Manual

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The following command changes the Bonded Auth™ (bonded 
authentication) period, which is the number of seconds MSS retains 
session information for an authenticated machine while waiting for the 
802.1X client on the machine to start (re)authentication for the user. 

Normally, the Bonded Auth period needs to be set only if the network has 
Bonded Auth clients that use dynamic WEP, or use WEP-40 or WEP-104 
encryption with WPA or RSN. These clients can be affected by the 802.1X 
reauthentication parameter or the RADIUS Session-Timeout parameter. 

To set the Bonded Auth period, use the following command:

set dot1x bonded-period seconds

The Bonded Auth period applies only to 802.1X authentication rules that 
contain the bonded option. 

To reset the Bonded Auth period to its default value, use the following 
command:

(For more information about Bonded Auth, see “Binding User 
Authentication to Machine Authentication” on page 451.)

By default, the WX switch waits 60 seconds before responding to a client 
whose authentication failed, and times out a request to a RADIUS server 
or an authentication session with a client after 30 seconds. You can 
modify these defaults.

The following command configures the number of seconds a WX switch 
remains quiet and does not respond to a supplicant (client) after a failed 
authentication:

set dot1x quiet-period seconds

The default is 60 seconds. The acceptable range is from 0 to 
65,535 seconds.

For example, type the following command to set the quiet period to 
300 seconds:

WX1200# set dot1x quiet-period 300
success: dot1x quiet period set to 300.