Administrator Guide

MAC authentication request to Policy Manager. Policy Manager can look up the client in a white list or a black
list, authenticate and authorize the client against an external authentication/authorization source, and
optionally perform an audit on the client.
You cannot configure posture for this type of service.
The following figure displays the MAC Authentication service:
Figure 83: MAC Authentication Service
The Posture tab is not available for the MAC-based authentication service. Configuration for the rest of the
tabs is similar to the Dell 802.1X Wireless service. For more information on configuration tabs, See Dell
802.1X Wireless on page 122 for details.
Web-based Authentication
Configure this service for guests or agent-less hosts that connect through the Dell built-in Portal. The user is
redirected to the Dell captive portal by the network device or by a DNS server that is set up to redirect traffic
on a subnet to a specific URL. The web page collects username and password, and also optionally collects
health information on the following operating systems:
l Windows 7
l Windows Vista
l Windows XP
l Windows Server 2008
l Windows Server 2003
l Linux
An internal service rule Connection:Protocol EQUALS WebAuth categorizes requests into this type of
service. You can add additional rules if needed. The following figure displays the Web-based Authentication
service:
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