auth-mode
Syntax
auth-mode {client-mode | device-mode}
Description
Configures the authentication mode for the clients that are associated with the current role.
Command context
config
The
port-access role
command takes you into the
config-pa-role
context.
Parameters
client-mode
Selects client mode. In this mode, all clients connecting to the port are sent for authentication.
device-mode
Selects device mode. In this mode, only the first client connecting to the port is sent for authentication. Once this client is authenticated, the port is considered as open and all subsequent clients trying to connect on that port are not sent for authentication.
Authority
Administrators or local user group members with execution rights for this command.
Examples
Configuring the client authentication mode:
switch(config-pa-role)# auth-mode client-mode