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HP Jetdirect 802.1X Configuration
Where are we?
Step 1 Installing Internet Authentication Service
Step 2 Installing a Certificate Authority
Step 3 Creating a Certificate Template
Step 4 Issuing a Certificate
Step 5 Creating a User for HP Jetdirect
Step 6 Switch Configuration
Step 7 HP Jetdirect Certificate Configuration
Step 8 IAS Configuration
Step 9 HP Jetdirect 802.1X Configuration
Up to this point, we have been interfacing with Jetdirect using a non-802.1X port. Once we setup
802.1X on Jetdirect, we will have to move it to an 802.1X port. Based upon our configuration, this is
port 8 on the switch. However, once we have specified an 802.1X configuration, it has to be right,
otherwise, we will have to Reset the 802.1X configuration from the control panel menu or cold-reset
and start over again. Luckily there are only a few fields we need to worry about getting right. Let’s
look at Jetdirect’s 802.1X page in Figure 19 and discuss each field.
Figure 19 – HP Jetdirect 802.1X Configuration
• Enable Protocols – Select the EAP method you would like to use. Multiple EAP methods
may be selected. When multiple EAP methods are selected, the priority is determined by the
Authentication Server when it responds to Jetdirect’s EAP Start packet.
• User Name – This field needs to be the user name of Jetdirect that was configured in Active
Directory. Depending on the IAS configuration, you may need to add the realm as well.
Adding the realm usually doesn’t hurt.
• Password/Confirm Password: This is the password for the Jetdirect’s user account.
These two fields are only needed for PEAP and are not used for EAP-TLS.
• Server ID: This field is very important. It relates to the Common Name that is returned in
the Subject of the Authentication Server Certificate and determines whether Jetdirect should
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