Compared To Authenticated Vlans - Alcatel OmniSwitch 6800 Series Network Configuration Manual

Configuring 802.1X

Compared to Authenticated VLANs

A given port cannot be both a VLAN-authenticated port and an 802.1X port. An 802.1X user, however,
may be authenticated and moved into an authenticated VLAN if the RADIUS authentication server speci-
fies a VLAN for that user and the authenticated VLAN is set up on the switch through the
vlan authentication
Chapter 4, "Configuring VLANs."
Both 802.1X and authenticated VLANs may use the same RADIUS authentication server. See
"Managing Authentication Servers,"
OmniSwitch 6800 Series Network Configuration Guide
command. For information about configuring VLANs with authentication, see
for information about using a RADIUS server for authentication.
November 2004
802.1X Overview
Chapter 17,
page 19-7