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

Configuring Switch Ports To Operate As Supplicants for 802.1X Connections to Other Switches

Configure the port access type.

Syntax: aaa port-access auth < port-list> client-limit < 1 - 8>

Configures client-based 802.1X authentication on the specified ports and sets the number of authenticated devices the port is allowed to learn. For more on this command, refer to “Configuring Switch Ports as 802.1X Authenticators” on page 8-17.)

— Or —

no aaa port-access auth < port-list> client-limit

Configures port-based 802.1X authentication on the specified ports, which opens the port.

Configuring Switch Ports To Operate AsSupplicants for 802.1X Connections toOther Switches

802.1X Authentication Commands

page 8-17

802.1X Supplicant Commands

 

[no] aaa port-access < supplicant > [ethernet] < port-list>

page 8-44

[auth-timeout held-period start-period max-start initialize

page 8-44

identity secret clear-statistics]

 

802.1X-Related Show Commands

page 8-47

RADIUS server configuration

pages 8-24

 

 

You can configure a switch port to operate as a supplicant in a connection to a port on another 802.1X-aware switch to provide security on links between 802.1X-aware switches. (A port can operate as both an authenticator and a supplicant.)

Example

Suppose that you want to connect two switches, where:

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