Specifications

Enterasys Matrix N Standalone (NSA) Series Configuration Guide 27-1

MultiAuth Configuration

ThischapterdescribestheMultiAuthsetofcommandsandhowtousethem.MultipleUser

MultipleAuthentication–allowsmultipleusersonagivenporttosimultaneouslyauthenticate

usinganyorallofthesupportedprotocols(MACAuthentication,PWA,802.1X,andCEP),andfor

eachauthenticatedusertoreceiveaunique

levelofnetworkaccess.

Configuring Multiple Authentication

About Multiple Authentication

Whenenabled,multipleauthenticationallowsmultipleuserstoauthenticateusinguptothree

methodsonthesameport,andreceiveapolicytrafficprofilebasedontheRADIUSconfiguration.

Whenmulti‐authenticationportshaveacombinationofauth enticationmethodsenabled,anda

userissuccessfullyauthenticatedinmorethanoneway

atthesametime,theprecedenceofthe

authenticationmethodswilldeterminewhichRADIUS‐returnedfilterIDwillbeprocessedand

resultinanappliedtrafficpolicyprofile.

N Standalone (NSA) Multi-User Capacities

Thestandalonedevice2G4072‐52,supportsupto8authenticatedusersperportonthefixed10/

100/1000portsand128authenticatedusersontheMGBICports.

Thenumberofusersperportcanbeadjusteduptoamaximum,usingsetmultiauthporton

page 27‐6.

Purpose

Toconfiguremultipleauthentication.

Note: An Enterasys Feature Guide document that contains a complete discussion on authentication

configuration, including MultiAuth, exists at the following Enterasys web site: http://

www.enterasys.com/support/manuals/

Note: In order for multiple authentication to function on the device, each possible method of

authentication (MAC authentication, PWA, 802.1X) must be enabled globally and configured

appropriately on the desired ports per its corresponding command set as described in this chapter.

Multiple authentication mode must be globally enabled on the device using the set multiauth mode

command as described in “set multiauth mode” on page 27-2.