CLI Reference Guide

802.1x Commands 315
802.1x Commands
aaa authentication dot1x
Use the aaa authentication dot1x command in Global Configuration mode to create an
authentication login list.
Syntax
aaa authentication dot1x default method1 [ method2 ]
no aaa authentication dot1x default
• method1 [ method2 ]— At least one from the following table:
Default Configuration
No authentication method is defined.
Command Mode
Global Configuration mode
User Guidelines
The additional methods of authentication are used only if the previous method returns an
error, not if it fails. To ensure that the authentication succeeds even if all methods return an
error, specify
none as the final method in the command line.
Example
The following example uses the aaa authentication dot1x default command with no
authentication.
console(config)# aaa authentication dot1x default none
Keyword Description
radius Uses the list of all authentication servers for authentication
none Uses no authentication