session timeout

[chemban_2015]

session timeout means that your authenticated user session expires in 1800 seconds.

Does it means the client re authenticate by entering their credentials again after 1800 secondstimeout

Thanks

[mohanak]

The Session Timeout is the maximum time for a client session with the WLC. After this time, WLC de-authenticates the client, and the client goes through the whole authentication (re-authentication) process again. This is a part of a security precaution to rotate the encryption keys. If you use an Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) method with key management, the rekeying occurs at every regular interval in order to derive a new encryption key. Without key management, this timeout value is the time that wireless clients need to do a full reauthentication. The session timeout is specific to the WLAN. This parameter can be accessed from the WLANs > Edit menu.

[chemban_2015]

Hi

Thank you mohan , for testing purpose i have created an SSID  called TEST with external authentication .

wlan test 1 TEST
 aaa-override
 accounting-list deflist
 client vlan test
 no exclusionlist
 ip flow monitor wireless-avc-basic input
 ip flow monitor wireless-avc-basic output
 nac
 no security wpa
 no security wpa akm dot1x
 no security wpa wpa2
 no security wpa wpa2 ciphers aes
 security dot1x authentication-list deflist
 session-timeout 120
 no shutdown

Then i checked whether it forcing reauthentication.

But the traffic continuously without reauthentication

Please help 

Thanks 

[chemban_2015]

Hi,

What is the difference between 

Ms Timeout  and Session Timeout 

Thanks