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Configuring Port-Based and

User-Based Access Control (802.1X)

Contents

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-3

Why Use Port-Based or User-Based Access Control? . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-3

General Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-3

User Authentication Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-4

802.1X User-Based Access Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-4

802.1X Port-Based Access Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-5

Alternative To Using a RADIUS Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-6

Accounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-6

Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-6

General 802.1X Authenticator Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-9

Example of the Authentication Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-9

VLAN Membership Priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-10

General Operating Rules and Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-12

General Setup Procedure for 802.1X Access Control . . . . . . . . . . 12-15Do These Steps Before You Configure 802.1X Operation . . . . . . . . 12-15 Overview: Configuring 802.1X Authentication on the Switch . . . . . 12-18

Configuring Switch Ports as 802.1X Authenticators . . . . . . . . . . . 12-191. Enable 802.1X Authentication on Selected Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-20

A. Enable the Selected Ports as Authenticators and Enable

the (Default) Port-Based Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-20

B. Specify User-Based Authentication or Return to

Port-Based Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-21 Example: Configuring User-Based 802.1X Authentication . . . . 12-22 Example: Configuring Port-Based 802.1X Authentication . . . . 12-22 2. Reconfigure Settings for Port-Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-22

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