Administrator Guide
Figure 4. EAP Port-Authentication
EAP over RADIUS
802.1X uses RADIUS to shuttle EAP packets between the authenticator and the authentication server, as dened in RFC 3579.
EAP messages are encapsulated in RADIUS packets as a type of attribute in Type, Length, Value (TLV) format. The Type value for EAP
messages is 79.
Figure 5. EAP Over RADIUS
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