Web and MAC Authentication

Operating Rules and Notes

Operating Rules and Notes

You can configure one type of authentication on a port. That is, the following authentication types are mutually exclusive on a given port:

 

Web Authentication

 

MAC Authentication

 

802.1X

 

Order of Precedence for Port Access Management (highest to lowest):

 

MAC lockout

 

• MAC lockdown or Port Security

 

Port-based Access Control (802.1X) or Web Authentication or MAC

 

 

Authentication

 

 

Note on Port

When configuring a port for Web or MAC Authentication, be sure that a higher

Access

precedent port access management feature is not enabled on the port. For

Management

example, be sure that Port Security is disabled on a port before configuring it

for Web or MAC Authentication. If Port Security is enabled on the port this misconfiguration does not allow Web or MAC Authentication to occur.

VLANs: If your LAN does not use multiple VLANs, then you do not need to configure VLAN assignments in your RADIUS server or consider using either Authorized or Unauthorized VLANs. If your LAN does use multiple VLANs, then some of the following factors may apply to your use of Web-Auth and MAC-Auth.

Web-Auth and MAC-Auth operate only with port-based VLANs. Operation with protocol VLANs is not supported, and clients do not have access to protocol VLANs during Web-Auth and MAC-Auth sessions.

• A port can belong to one, untagged VLAN during any client session. Where multiple authenticated clients may simultaneously use the same port, they must all be capable of operating on the same VLAN.

• During an authenticated client session, the following hierarchy determines a port’s VLAN membership:

1. If there is a RADIUS-assigned VLAN, then, for the duration of the client session, the port belongs to this VLAN and temporarily drops all other VLAN memberships.

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