Configuring Port-Based and Client-Based Access Control (802.1X)

Configuring Switch Ports as 802.1X Authenticators

Port-Based 802.1X Authentication.

no aaa port-access authenticator client-limit

Used to convert a port from client-based authentication to port-based authentication, which is the default setting for ports on which authentication is enabled. (Executing aaa port-access authenticator < port-list> enables 802.1X authentication on < port-list> and enables port-based authentica- tion—page 8-17.)If a port currently has no authenticated client sessions, the next authenticated client session the port accepts determines the untagged VLAN membership to which the port is assigned during the session. If another authenticated client session begins later on the same port while an earlier session is active, the later session replaces the currently active session and will be on the untagged VLAN membership specified by the RADIUS server for the later session.

Example: Configuring Client-Based 802.1X Authentication

This example enables ports A10-A12 to operate as authenticators, and then configures the ports for client-based authentication.

ProCurve(config)# aaa port-access authenticator a10-A12 ProCurve(config)# aaa port-access authenticator a10-A12 client-limit 2

Figure 8-3. Example of Configuring Client-Based 802.1X Authentication

Example: Configuring Port-Based 802.1X Authentication

This example enables ports A13-A15 to operate as authenticators, and then configures the ports for port-based authentication.

ProCurve(config)# aaa port-access authenticator a13-a15

Figure 8-4. Example of Configuring Port-Based 802.1X Authentication

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