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April 29th, 2020 21:00

Ethernet connection dropouts

All.

We have been experiencing random dropouts between ethernet clients (dell laptops and desktops on Windows 10) and our switches (N2000 series on 6.5.4.4 firmware). Most times they reconnect, but sometimes they don't, requiring IT support to go and unplug the ethernet and then plug it back in. Sometimes clients do not connect at all first thing in the morning.

Each time we have logs similar to the following:

<189> Apr 30 10:46:22 swi-upad-01-1 TRAPMGR[trapTask]: traputil.c(721) 13009 %% NOTE Gi1/0/40 is transitioned from the Learning state to the Forwarding state in instance 0                                                                                                                                                    
<189> Apr 30 10:46:19 swi-upad-01-1 TRAPMGR[trapTask]: traputil.c(721) 13008 %% NOTE Gi1/0/40 is transitioned from the Forwarding state to the Blocking state in instance 0                                                                                                                                                    
<189> Apr 30 10:46:19 swi-upad-01-1 DOT1X[dot1xTask]: dot1x_radius.c(1594) 13007 %% NOTE Client D8:9E:F3:24:F7:C9 authenticated successfully using default port PVID on the port Gi1/0/40.                                                                                                                                     
<189> Apr 30 10:46:19 swi-upad-01-1 TRAPMGR[trapTask]: traputil.c(721) 13006 %% NOTE Gi1/0/40 status is authorized                                                                                                                                                                                                             
<190> Apr 30 10:46:19 swi-upad-01-1 RADIUS[radius_task]: radius.c(307) 13004 %% INFO RADIUS: Received an unsupported value (2) in the attribute:service-type(6). Supported values are 'Login', 'Admin' and 'Call Check'. Ignoring the unsupported value. Recommend changing the radius server settings with supported service-t
ype.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
<190> Apr 30 10:46:19 swi-upad-01-1 RADIUS[radius_task]: radius.c(2313) 13003 %% INFO RADIUS: MS attribute type =26                                                                                                                                                                                                            
<190> Apr 30 10:46:19 swi-upad-01-1 RADIUS[radius_task]: radius.c(2313) 13002 %% INFO RADIUS: MS attribute type =10                                                                                                                                                                                                            
<190> Apr 30 10:46:19 swi-upad-01-1 RADIUS[radius_task]: radius.c(2313) 13001 %% INFO RADIUS: MS attribute type =15                                                                                                                                                                                                            
<190> Apr 30 10:46:19 swi-upad-01-1 RADIUS[radius_task]: radius.c(2313) 13000 %% INFO RADIUS: MS attribute type =14                                                                                                                                                                                                            
<189> Apr 30 10:46:19 swi-upad-01-1 TRAPMGR[trapTask]: traputil.c(721) 12999 %% NOTE Link Up: Gi1/0/40                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
<189> Apr 30 10:46:19 swi-upad-01-1 TRAPMGR[trapTask]: traputil.c(721) 12998 %% NOTE Gi1/0/40 status is Unauthorized                                                                                                                                                                                                           
<189> Apr 30 10:46:16 swi-upad-01-1 TRAPMGR[trapTask]: traputil.c(721) 12996 %% NOTE Gi1/0/40 is transitioned from the Forwarding state to the Blocking state in instance 0                                                                                                                                                    
<189> Apr 30 10:46:16 swi-upad-01-1 TRAPMGR[trapTask]: traputil.c(721) 12995 %% NOTE Link on Gi1/0/40 is failed                                                                                                                                                                                                                
<189> Apr 30 10:46:16 swi-upad-01-1 TRAPMGR[trapTask]: traputil.c(721) 12994 %% NOTE Link Down: Gi1/0/40                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
<189> Apr 30 10:46:16 swi-upad-01-1 TRAPMGR[trapTask]: traputil.c(721) 12993 %% NOTE Gi1/0/40 status is Unauthorized                                                                                                                                                                                                           
<189> Apr 30 10:46:16 swi-upad-01-1 TRAPMGR[trapTask]: traputil.c(721) 12991 %% NOTE Gi1/0/40 status is Unauthorized 

As you can see, we have 802.1x set up, with pretty much default values. Reauth is not enabled. Radius is set to update every 5 minutes. Also STP is enabled (the default I think) with no customisations.

I have copied the interface statistics below:

Interface Name................................. Gi1/0/40
SOC Hardware Info.............................. BCM56340_A0
Link Status.................................... Up     /None
Keepalive Enabled.............................. FALSE
Err-disable Cause.............................. None
VLAN Membership Mode........................... Access Mode
VLAN Membership................................ 140
MTU Size....................................... 1518
Port Mode [Duplex]............................. Full
Port Speed..................................... 1000
Link Debounce Flaps............................ 0
Auto-Negotation Status......................... Auto
Burned In MAC Address.......................... E4F0.0433.1CD2
L3 MAC Address................................. E4F0.0433.1CD5
Sample Load Interval........................... 300
Received Input Rate Bits/Sec................... 519856
Received Input Rate Packets/Sec................ 256
Transmitted Input Rate Bits/Sec................ 752640
Transmitted Input Rate Packets/Sec : .......... 277
Total frames received without errors........... 35153647
Unicast frames received........................ 35128268
Multicast frames received...................... 8729
Broadcast frames received...................... 16650
Total frames received with MAC errors.......... 0
Jabbers received............................... 0
Fragments/Undersize received................... 0
Alignment errors............................... 0
FCS errors..................................... 0
Overruns....................................... 0
Total received frames not forwarded............ 240
Total frames transmitted successfully.......... 39697339
Unicast frames transmitted..................... 37135924
Multicast frames transmitted................... 1828369
Broadcast frames transmitted................... 733046
Transmit frames discarded...................... 2924
Total transmit errors.......................... 0
Total transmit frames discarded................ 2924
Single collision frames........................ 0
Multiple collision frames...................... 0
Excessive collision frames..................... 0

 Output of show dot1x interface gi1/0/40

Administrative Mode............... Enabled                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
Dynamic VLAN Creation Mode........ Disabled                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
VLAN Assignment Mode.............. Enabled                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
Monitor Mode...................... Disabled                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
Port      Admin Mode         Oper Mode               Reauth   Reauth                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                     Control  Period                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
--------- ------------------ ----------------------- -------- ----------                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
Gi1/0/40  auto               Authorized              FALSE    3600                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
User Name...................................... DOMAIN\UserName                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
Quiet Period................................... 60                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
Transmit Period................................ 30                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
Maximum Request-Identities..................... 2                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
Maximum Requests............................... 2                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
Max Users...................................... 64                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
VLAN Assigned.................................. 140                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
Supplicant Timeout............................. 30                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
Guest-vlan Timeout............................. 90                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
Server Timeout (secs).......................... 30                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
MAB mode (configured).......................... Disabled                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
MAB mode (operational)......................... Disabled                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
MAB Protocol................................... EAP                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
Authentication Server Dead action for Voice.... None                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
Authenticator PAE State........................ Authenticated                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
Backend Authentication State................... Idle 

Thanks for reading, and please let me know if you want any more information. I appreciate any feedback.

Jacob

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April 30th, 2020 09:00

Hi,

 

Try increasing the timeout value for dot1x.

April 30th, 2020 23:00

Thanks for that, I will give it a try. I assume you mean the supplicant timeout?

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May 1st, 2020 09:00

Right.

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