Configuring 802.1X Authentication
SecureStack C2 Configuration Guide 23-11
Configuring 802.1X Authentication
Purpose
Toreviewandconfigure802.1XauthenticationforoneormoreportsusingEAPOL(Extensible
AuthenticationProtocol).802.1Xcontrolsnetworkaccessbyenforcinguserauthorizationon
selectedports,whichresultsinallowingordenyingnetworkaccessaccordingtoRADIUSserver
configuration.
Commands
show dot1x
Usethiscommandtodisplay802.1Xstatus,diagnostics,statistics,andreauthenticationor
initializationcontrolinformationforoneormoreports.
Syntax
show dot1x [auth-diag] [auth-stats] [port [init | reauth]] [port-string]
Parameters
Defaults
Ifnoparametersarespecified,802.1Xstatuswillbedisplayed.
Note: To configure EAP pass-through, which allows client authentication packets to be forwarded
through the switch to an upstream device, 802.1X authentication must be globally disabled with the
set dot1x command (“set dot1x” on page 23-14).
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show dot1x 23-11
show dot1x auth-config 23-13
set dot1x 23-14
set dot1x auth-config 23-15
clear dot1x auth-config 23-16
show eapol 23-17
set eapol 23-19
clear eapol 23-19
auth‐diag (Optional)Displaysauthenticationdiagnosticsinformation.
auth‐stats (Optional)Displaysauthenticationstatistics.
portinit|reauth (Optional)Displaysthestatusofportinitializationandreauthentication
controlfortheport.
port‐string (Optional)Displaysinformationforspecificport(s).Foradetailed
descriptionofpossibleport‐stringvalues,referto“PortStringSyntaxUsed
in
theCLI”onpage 7‐2.