3Com 5500G-EI Command Reference Guide - Page 350

350 CHAPTER 11: USING AAA AND RADIUS COMMANDS View System View Parameter None Description Use the dot1x quiet-period command to enable the quiet-period timer. Use the undo dot1x quiet-period command to disable this timer. If an 802.1x user has not been authenticated, the Authenticator will keep quiet for a while (which is specified by quiet-period timer) before launching the authentication again. During the quiet period, the Authenticator does not do anything related to 802.1x authentication. By default, the quiet-period timer is disabled. Related command: display dot1x, dot1x timer. Example To enable quiet-period timer, enter the following: system-view System View: return to User View with Ctrl-Z [SW5500]dot1x quiet-period dot1x retry Syntax dot1x retry max-retry-value undo dot1x retry View System View Parameter max-retry-value: Specifies the maximum times an Ethernet switch can retransmit the authentication request frame to the supplicant, ranging from 1 to 10. By default, the value is 2, that is, the Switch can retransmit the authentication request frame to the supplicant 2 times. Description Use the dot1x retry command to configure the maximum times a Switch can retransmit the authentication request frame to the supplicant. Use the undo dot1x retry command to restore the default maximum retransmission time. After the Switch has transmitted an authentication request frame to the user for the first time, if no user response is received during the specified time-range, the Switch will re-transmit authentication request to the user. This command is used to specify how many times the Switch can re-transmit the authentication request frame to the supplicant. When the time is 1, the Switch is configured to transmit