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Chapter 10 Configuring IEEE 802.1x Port-Based Authentication

Configuring IEEE 802.1x Authentication

Figure 10-9 Authenticator and Supplicant Switch using CISP

For more information, see the “Configuring 802.1x Switch Supplicant with NEAT” section on

page 10-55.

Configuring IEEE 802.1x Authentication

These sections contain this configuration information:

• Default IEEE 802.1x Authentication Configuration, page 10-32

• IEEE 802.1x Authentication Configuration Guidelines, page 10-33

• Configuring IEEE 802.1x Authentication, page 10-36 (required)

• Configuring 802.1x Readiness Check, page 10-38

• Configuring IEEE 802.1x Violation Modes, page 10-36

• Configuring Voice Aware 802.1x Security, page 10-39

• Configuring the Switch-to-RADIUS-Server Communication, page 10-40 (required)

• Configuring the Host Mode, page 10-42 (optional)

• Configuring Periodic Re-Authentication, page 10-43 (optional)

• Manually Re-Authenticating a Client Connected to a Port, page 10-44 (optional)

• Changing the Quiet Period, page 10-44 (optional)

• Changing the Switch-to-Client Retransmission Time, page 10-45 (optional)

• Setting the Switch-to-Client Frame-Retransmission Number, page 10-46 (optional)

• Setting the Re-Authentication Number, page 10-46 (optional)

• Configuring IEEE 802.1x Accounting, page 10-47 (optional)

• Configuring a Guest VLAN, page 10-48 (optional)

• Configuring a Restricted VLAN, page 10-49 (optional)

• Configuring the Inaccessible Authentication Bypass Feature, page 10-51 (optional)

• Configuring IEEE 802.1x Authentication with WoL, page 10-53 (optional)

1 Workstations (clients) 2 Supplicant switch (outside wiring closet)

3 Authenticator switch 4 Access control server (ACS)

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