Manual
Table Of Contents
- 1. INTRODUTION
- 2. INSTALLATION
- 3. SWITCH MANAGEMENT
- 4. WEB CONFIGURATION
- 4.1 Main WEB PAGE
- 4.2 System
- 4.3 Simple Network Management Protocol
- 4.4 Port Management
- 4.5 Link Aggregation
- 4.6 VLAN
- 4.7 Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol
- 4.8 Quality of Service
- 4.9 Multicast
- 4.10 IEEE 802.1X Network Access Control
- 4.10.1 Understanding IEEE 802.1X Port-Based Authentication
- 4.10.2 802.1X System Configuration
- 4.10.3 802.1X and MAC-Based Authentication Port Configuration
- 4.10.4 802.1X Port Status
- 4.10.5 802.1X and MAC-Based Authentication Statistics
- 4.10.6 Windows Platform RADIUS Server Configuration
- 4.10.7 802.1X Client Configuration
- 4.11 Access Control Lists
- 4.12 Address Table
- 4.13 Port Security (To be Continued)
- 4.14 LLDP
- 4.15 Network Diagnastics
- 4.16 Stacking – SGSW-24040 / SGSW-24040R
- 4.17 Power over Ethernet (SGSW-24040P / SGSW-24040P4)
- 5. COMMAND LINE INTERFACE
- 6. Command Line Mode
- 6.1 System Command
- 6.2 Port Management Command
- 6.3 Link Aggregation Command
- 6.4 VLAN Configuration Command
- 6.5 Spanning Tree Protocol Command
- 6.6 Multicast Configuration Command
- 6.7 Quality of Service Command
- 6.8 802.1x Port Access Control Command
- 6.9 Access Control List Command
- 6.10 MAC Address Table Command
- 6.11 LLDP Command
- 6.12 Stack Management Command
- 6.13 Power over Ethernet Command
- 7. SWITCH OPERATION
- 8. POWER OVER ETHERNET OVERVIEW
- 9. TROUBLE SHOOTING
- APPENDEX A
- APPENDEX B : GLOSSARY
User’s Manual of WGSW-24040 Series
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4.10.1 Understanding IEEE 802.1X Port-Based Authentication
The IEEE 802.1X standard defines a client-server-based access control and authentication protocol that restricts unauthorized
clients from connecting to a LAN through publicly accessible ports. The authentication server authenticates each client
connected to a switch port before making available any services offered by the switch or the LAN.
Until the client is authenticated, 802.1X access control allows only Extensible Authentication Protocol over LAN (EAPOL)
traffic through the port to which the client is connected. After authentication is successful, normal traffic can pass through the
port.
This section includes this conceptual information:
• Device Roles
• Authentication Initiation and Message Exchange
• Ports in Authorized and Unauthorized States
Device Roles
With 802.1X port-based authentication, the devices in the network have specific roles as shown below.
Figure 4-10-1
z Client—the device (workstation) that requests access to the LAN and switch services and responds to requests from
the switch. The workstation must be running 802.1X-compliant client software such as that offered in the Microsoft
Windows XP operating system. (The client is the supplicant in the IEEE 802.1X specification.)
z Authentication server—performs the actual authentication of the client. The authentication server validates the
identity of the client and notifies the switch whether or not the client is authorized to access the LAN and switch services.
Because the switch acts as the proxy, the authentication service is transparent to the client. In this release, the Remote
Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) security system with Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)
extensions is the only supported authentication server; it is available in Cisco Secure Access Control Server version 3.0.
RADIUS operates in a client/server model in which secure authentication information is exchanged between the
RADIUS server and one or more RADIUS clients.