a.In the 802.1x Authentication Profile list on the right window pane, enter corpnet in the entry blank at the bottom of the list, and click Add.

b.Select the corpnet 802.1x authentication profile you just created.

c.You can configure parameters in the Basic or Advanced tabs. These parameters are described in detail in Table 29. For this example, you use the default values, so click Apply.

2.Select the AAA Profiles tab.

a.Scroll down to the bottom of the AAA Profiles Summary pane, then click Add. An entry blank appears.

b.Enter corpnet, then click Add.

c.Scroll back up the AAA Profiles Summary pane, and select the corpnet AAA profile you just created.

d.For this example, change the 802.1x Authentication Default Role, select the employee role you previously configured. You can also configure other the AAA profile parameters (see Table 87).

e.Click Apply.

Table 87: AAA Profile Parameters

Parameter

Description

Initial role

Click the Initial Role drop-down list and select a role for unauthenticated

 

users. The default role for unauthenticated users is logon.

 

 

MAC Authentication Default Role

Click the MAC Authentication Default Role drop-down list and select the role

 

assigned to the user when the device is MAC authenticated. The default role

 

for MAC authentication is the guest user role. If derivation rules are present,

 

the role assigned to the client through these rules take precedence over the

 

default role.

 

NOTE: This feature requires the PEFNG license.

 

 

802.1X Authentication Default Role

Click the 802.1X Authentication Default Role drop-down list and select the role

 

assigned to the client after 802.1x authentication. The default role for 802.1x

 

authentication is the guest user role. If derivation rules are present, the role

 

assigned to the client through these rules take precedence over the default

 

role.

 

NOTE: This feature requires the PEFNG license.

 

 

RADIUS Interim Accounting

When this option is enabled, the RADIUS accounting feature allows the

 

controller to send Interim-Update messages with current user statistics to the

 

server at regular intervals. This option is disabled by default, allowing the

 

controller to send only start and stop messages to the RADIUS accounting

 

server.

 

 

User derivation rules

Click the User derivation rules drop-down list and specify a user attribute

 

profile from which the user role or VLAN is derived.

 

 

Wired to Wireless Roaming

Enable this feature to keep users authenticated when they roam from the wired

 

side of the network. This feature is enabled by default.

 

 

SIP authentication role

Click the SIP authentication role drop-down list and specify the role assigned

 

to a session initiation protocol (SIP) client upon registration.

 

NOTE: This feature requires the PEFNG license.

 

 

Device Type Classification

When you select this option, the controller will parse user-agent strings and

 

attempt to identify the type of device connecting to the AP. When the device

 

type classification is enabled, the Global client table shown in the

 

Monitoring>Network > All WLAN Clients window shows each client’s device

 

type, if that client device can be identified.

 

 

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