426 CHAPTER 15: 802.1X MANAGEMENT COMMANDS
set dot1x
bonded-period
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.
You must set the bonded period to longer than 0 seconds to enable
bonded authentication.
Syntax —
set dot1x bonded-period seconds
■ seconds — Number of seconds MSS retains session information for an
authenticated machine while waiting for a client to (re)authenticate
on the same machine. You can change the bonded authentication
period to a value from 1 to 300 seconds.
Defaults — The default bonded period is 0 seconds, which disables the
feature.
Access — Enabled.
History — Introduced in MSS Version 3.0.
Usage — 3Com recommends that you try 60 seconds, and change the
period to a longer value only if clients are unable to authenticate within
60 seconds.
The bonded authentication period applies only to 802.1X authentication
rules that contain the bonded option.
Examples — To set the bonded authentication period to 60 seconds,
type the following command:
WX4400# set dot1x bonded-period 60
success: change accepted.
See Also
■ “display dot1x” on page 421
■ “clear dot1x bonded-period” on page 416
set dot1x key-tx Enables or disables the transmission of encryption key information to the
supplicant (client) in EAP over LAN (EAPoL) key messages, after
authentication is successful.
