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Chapter 9 Configuring IEEE 802.1x Port-Based Authentication
Understanding IEEE 802.1x Port-Based Authentication
Table 9-1 lists the AV pairs and when they are sent are sent by the switch:
You can view the AV pairs that are being sent by the switch by entering the debug radius accounting
privileged EXEC command. For more information about this command, see the Cisco IOS Debug
Command Reference, Release 12.2 at this URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/iosswrel/ps1835/products_command_reference_book09186a008
00872ce.html
For more information about AV pairs, see RFC 3580, “IEEE 802.1X Remote Authentication Dial In User
Service (RADIUS) Usage Guidelines.”
Using IEEE 802.1x Authentication with VLAN Assignment
The RADIUS server sends the VLAN assignment to configure the switch port. The RADIUS server
database maintains the username-to-VLAN mappings, assigning the VLAN based on the username of
the client connected to the switch port. You can use this feature to limit network access for certain users.
Table 9-1 Accounting AV Pairs
Attribute Number AV Pair Name START INTERIM STOP
Attribute[1] User-Name Always Always Always
Attribute[4] NAS-IP-Address Always Always Always
Attribute[5] NAS-Port Always Always Always
Attribute[8] Framed-IP-Address Never Sometimes
1
1. The Framed-IP-Address AV pair is sent only if a valid Dynamic Host Control Protocol (DHCP) binding
exists for the host in the DHCP snooping bindings table.
Sometimes
1
Attribute[25] Class Always Always Always
Attribute[30] Called-Station-ID Always Always Always
Attribute[31] Calling-Station-ID Always Always Always
Attribute[40] Acct-Status-Type Always Always Always
Attribute[41] Acct-Delay-Time Always Always Always
Attribute[42] Acct-Input-Octets Never Never Always
Attribute[43] Acct-Output-Octets Never Never Always
Attribute[44] Acct-Session-ID Always Always Always
Attribute[45] Acct-Authentic Always Always Always
Attribute[46] Acct-Session-Time Never Never Always
Attribute[49] Acct-Terminate-Cause Never Never Always
Attribute[61] NAS-Port-Type Always Always Always