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Cisco ME 3400 Ethernet Access Switch Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 8 Configuring IEEE 802.1x Port-Based Authentication
Configuring IEEE 802.1x Authentication
Figure 8-4 Authenticator and Supplicant Switch using CISP
For more information, see the “Configuring 802.1x Switch Supplicant with NEAT” section on page 8-22.
Configuring IEEE 802.1x Authentication
These sections contain this configuration information:
• Default IEEE 802.1x Configuration, page 8-11
• IEEE 802.1x Configuration Guidelines, page 8-12
• Configuring 802.1x Readiness Check, page 8-13(optional)
• Configuring IEEE 802.1x Authentication, page 8-14 (required)
• Configuring the Switch-to-RADIUS-Server Communication, page 8-16 (required)
• Configuring Periodic Re-Authentication, page 8-17 (optional)
• Manually Re-Authenticating a Client Connected to a Port, page 8-17 (optional)
• Changing the Quiet Period, page 8-18 (optional)
• Changing the Switch-to-Client Retransmission Time, page 8-18 (optional)
• Setting the Switch-to-Client Frame-Retransmission Number, page 8-19 (optional)
• Setting the Re-Authentication Number, page 8-20 (optional)
• Configuring the Host Mode, page 8-20 (optional)
• Resetting the IEEE 802.1x Configuration to the Default Values, page 8-21 (optional)
• Configuring IEEE 802.1x Accounting, page 8-21 (optional)
• Configuring 802.1x Switch Supplicant with NEAT, page 8-22 (optional)
1 Workstations (clients) 2 Supplicant switch (outside wiring closet)
3 Authenticator switch 4 Access control server (ACS)
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