max-hw-age

Enables and configures the maximum hardware age for denied MAC addresses.
Syntax
max-hw-age age
no max-hw-age age
Command Default

The default hardware aging time is 70 seconds.

Parameters
age
Specifies the maximum hardware age in seconds. The possible values range from 1 to 65535 seconds.
Modes

Authentication mode

Usage Guidelines

Once the hardware aging period ends, the blocked MAC address ages out, and can be authenticated again if the device receives traffic from the MAC address.

The no form of this command disables maximum hardware age.

Examples

The following example enables maximum hardware age and sets it to 160 seconds. 

device(config)# authentication
device(config-authen)# max-hw-age 160
History
Release version Command history
08.0.20 This command was introduced.
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