Contents
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Catalyst 2950 and Catalyst 2955 Switch Software Configuration Guide
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Cryptographic Software Image Guidelines 8-35
Setting Up the Switch to Run SSH 8-35
Configuring the SSH Server 8-36
Displaying the SSH Configuration and Status 8-37
Configuring the Switch for Secure Copy Protocol 8-37
CHAPTER
9 Configuring IEEE 802.1x Port-Based Authentication 9-1
Understanding IEEE 802.1x Port-Based Authentication 9-1
Device Roles 9-2
Authentication Initiation and Message Exchange 9-3
Ports in Authorized and Unauthorized States 9-4
IEEE 802.1x Accounting 9-5
IEEE 802.1x Accounting Attribute-Value Pairs 9-5
IEEE 802.1x Host Mode 9-6
Using IEEE 802.1x with Port Security 9-7
Using IEEE 802.1x with Voice VLAN Ports 9-8
Using IEEE 802.1x with VLAN Assignment 9-8
Using IEEE 802.1x with Guest VLAN 9-9
Using IEEE 802.1x with Wake-on-LAN 9-10
Unidirectional State 9-10
Bidirectional State 9-10
Configuring IEEE 802.1x Authentication 9-11
Default IEEE 802.1x Configuration 9-11
IEEE 802.1x Configuration Guidelines 9-12
Upgrading from a Previous Software Release 9-13
Enabling IEEE 802.1x Authentication 9-14
Configuring the Switch-to-RADIUS-Server Communication 9-15
Configuring IEEE 802.1x Authentication Using a RADIUS Server 9-16
Enabling Periodic Re-Authentication 9-17
Manually Re-Authenticating a Client Connected to a Port 9-18
Changing the Quiet Period 9-18
Changing the Switch-to-Client Retransmission Time 9-19
Setting the Switch-to-Client Frame-Retransmission Number 9-19
Configuring the Host Mode 9-20
Configuring a Guest VLAN 9-21
Resetting the IEEE 802.1x Configuration to the Default Values 9-22
Configuring IEEE 802.1x Authentication 9-23
Configuring IEEE 802.1x Accounting 9-24
Displaying IEEE 802.1x Statistics and Status 9-25