Chapter 10 Configuring IEEE 802.1x Port-Based Authentication

Configuring IEEE 802.1x Authentication

 

Command

Purpose

Step 3

 

 

switchport mode access

Set the port to access mode,

 

or

or

 

switchport mode private-vlan host

Configure the Layer 2 port as a private-VLAN host port.

Step 4

 

 

dot1x port-control auto

Enable IEEE 802.1x authentication on the port.

Step 5

 

 

dot1x guest-vlan vlan-id

Specify an active VLAN as an IEEE 802.1x guest VLAN. The range is 1

 

 

to 4094.

 

 

You can configure any active VLAN except an internal VLAN (routed

 

 

port), an RSPAN VLAN, a primary private VLAN, or a voice VLAN as

 

 

an IEEE 802.1x guest VLAN.

Step 6

 

 

end

Return to privileged EXEC mode.

Step 7

 

 

show dot1x interface interface-id

Verify your entries.

Step 8

 

 

copy running-config startup-config

(Optional) Save your entries in the configuration file.

 

 

 

To disable and remove the guest VLAN, use the no dot1x guest-vlaninterface configuration command. The port returns to the unauthorized state.

This example shows how to enable VLAN 2 as an IEEE 802.1x guest VLAN:

Switch(config)# interface gigabitethernet2/0/2

Switch(config-if)# dot1x guest-vlan 2

This example shows how to set 3 as the quiet time on the switch, to set 15 as the number of seconds that the switch waits for a response to an EAP-request/identity frame from the client before re-sending the request, and to enable VLAN 2 as an IEEE 802.1x guest VLAN when an IEEE 802.1x port is connected to a DHCP client:

Switch(config-if)#dot1x timeout quiet-period 3

Switch(config-if)#dot1x timeout tx-period 15

Switch(config-if)# dot1x guest-vlan 2

Configuring a Restricted VLAN

When you configure a restricted VLAN on a switch stack or a switch, clients that are

IEEE 802.1x-compliant are moved into the restricted VLAN when the authentication server does not receive a valid username and password. The switch supports restricted VLANs only in single-host mode.

Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to configure a restricted VLAN. This procedure is optional.

 

 

Command

Purpose

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Step 1

configure terminal

Enter global configuration mode.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Step 2

interface interface-id

Specify the port to be configured, and enter interface configuration mode.

 

 

 

 

 

For the supported port types, see the “IEEE 802.1x Authentication

 

 

 

 

 

Configuration Guidelines” section on page 10-23.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Step 3

switchport mode access

Set the port to access mode,

 

 

 

or

or

 

 

 

switchport mode private-vlan host

Configure the Layer 2 port as a private-VLAN host port.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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