Global Configuration

The configuration of MAC address authentication takes effect on each interface only after global MAC address authentication is enabled.

Context

MAC address authentication can be configured on an interface before global MAC address authentication is configured, but does not take effect on the interface. After global MAC address authentication is enabled, MAC address authentication enabled on an interface takes effect immediately.

Procedure

Choose Security > MAC Authen > Global Configuration in the navigation tree to open the Global Configuration page.

Table 1 describes the parameters on the Global Configuration page.

**Table 1** Global Configuration
Parameter	Description
Global MAC authentication	Indicates whether to enable global MAC address authentication. Authentication parameters can be set before global MAC address authentication is enabled, but take no effect. After global MAC address authentication is enabled, the authentication parameters of each interface take effect immediately. The options are Enabled and Disabled. By default, the value is Disabled.
Domain	Indicates the domain for MAC address authentication.
User name format	Indicates the user name format. The options are as follows: MAC Fixed user name By default, the MAC address format is used.
MAC	Indicates the format of MAC addresses. The parameter is valid when MAC addresses of users are used as user names. The options are as follows: with-hyphen without-hyphen By default, the value is without-hyphen.
User name	Indicates the user name. The value is valid when the fixed user name is used for MAC address authentication. Fixed user name: All users use the user names and passwords pre-configured on a switch; therefore, whether users can pass authentication depends on correctness of the user names and passwords and the maximum number of users allowed to use the user name.
Password	Indicates the password of the user. The value is valid when the fixed user name is used for MAC address authentication. Set the value of this parameter according to the user name format.
Confirm password	Enter the password again to confirm the password.
Offline detect timer	Indicates the value of the offline-detect timer, that is, the interval for the switch to detect whether a user is offline. When detecting that a user goes offline, the switch immediately instructs the RADIUS server to stop charging the user.
Quiet timer	Indicates the value of the quiet timer. If a user fails to pass MAC address authentication, the switch waits for a period set by the quiet timer. Then the switch processes authentication requests from the user. During the quiet period, the switch does not process authentication requests from the user.

Set the parameters.
Click Apply to complete the configuration.