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Configuring Port-Based and User-Based Access Control (802.1X)
802.1X Open VLAN Mode
Effect of RADIUS-assigned VLAN
This rule assumes no other authenticated 
clients are already using the port on a 
different VLAN.
The port joins the RADIUS-assigned VLAN as an untagged member.
IP Addressing for a Client Connected 
to a Port Configured for 802.x Open 
VLAN Mode
A client can either acquire an IP address from a DHCP server or use 
a manually configured IP address before connecting to the switch.
802.1X Supplicant Software for a 
Client Connected to a Port Configured 
for 802.1X Open VLAN Mode
A friendly client, without 802.1X supplicant software, connecting to an 
authenticator port must be able to download this software from the 
Unauthorized-Client VLAN before authentication can begin.
Switch with a Port Configured To 
Allow Multiple Authorized-Client 
Sessions
When a new client is authenticated on a given port:
• If no other clients are authenticated on that port, then the port joins 
one VLAN in the following order of precedence:
a. A RADIUS-assigned VLAN, if configured.
b. An Authenticated-Client VLAN, if configured.
c. A static, port-based VLAN to which the port belongs as an 
untagged member.
d. Any VLAN(s) to which the port is configured as a tagged 
member (provided that the client can operate in that VLAN).
• If another client is already authenticated on the port, then the port 
is already assigned to a VLAN for the previously-existing client 
session, and the new client must operate in this same VLAN, 
regardless of other factors. (This means that a client without 802.1X 
client authentication software cannot access a configured, 
Unauthenticated-Client VLAN if another, authenticated client is 
already using the port.) 
Condition Rule