318 CHAPTER 8: C ONFIGURING AUTHENTICATION , AUTHORIZATION , AND ACCOUNTING PARAMETERS3 Click the plus sign next to AAA.4 Select 802.1X.The global 802.1X settings appear.Changing Global802.1X SettingsTo change global 802.1x settings:1 Access the 802.1X settings:a Select the Configuration tool bar option.b In the Organizer panel, click the plus sign next to the WX switch.c Click the plus sign next to AAA.d Select 802.1X.2 To enable 802.1X authentication for all wired authentication ports on theWX switch, select System Authentication Control.To disable 802.1X authentication for all wired authentication ports, clearSystem Authentication Control. By default, 802.1X authentication isenabled.3 To specify the number of seconds the WX switch waits before attemptingreauthentication, specify the timeout value (0 to 65,535 seconds) in theQuiet Period Timeout box. The default is 60 seconds.4 To specify the number of seconds the WX switch waits beforeretransmitting an Extensible Authentication Protocol over LAN (EAPoL)packet, specify the timeout value (1 to 65,535 seconds) in the RetransmitTimeout box. The default is 5 seconds.5 To specify the number of seconds before the WX switch times out anauthentication session with an 802.1X client (supplicant), specify thetimeout value (1 to 65,535 seconds) in the Supplicant Timeout box. Thedefault is 30 seconds.6 To specify the number of seconds before the WX switch times out arequest to an authentication server, specify the timeout value (1 to65,535 seconds) in the Authentication Server Timeout box. The default is30 seconds.7 To set the maximum number of times the WX switch retransmits an EAPrequest to the client before timing out the authentication session, specifythe value (0 to 10) in the Maximum Requests box. The default is2 attempts.
