Configuring
Terminology
Terminology
Authentication Server: The entity providing an authentication service to the switch when the switch is configured to operate as an authenticator. In the case of a switch running 802.1X, this is a RADIUS server (unless local authentication is used, in which case the switch performs this function using its own username and password for authenticating a supplicant).
Authenticator: In ProCurve applications, a switch that requires a supplicant to provide the proper credentials before being allowed access to the network.
CHAP (MD5): Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol.
Client: In this application, an
Guest VLAN: See
EAP (Extensible Authentication Protocol): EAP enables network access that supports multiple authentication methods.