Operating Note - ProCurve 2610 Manual

Configuring Port-Based and User-Based Access Control (802.1X)

Operating Note

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Operating Note

Applying Web Authentication or MAC Authentication Concurrently
with Port-Based 802.1X Authentication: While 802.1X port-based access
control can operate concurrently with Web Authentication or MAC Authenti­
cation, port-based access control is subordinate to Web-Auth and MAC-Auth
operation. If 802.1X operates in port-based mode and MAC or Web authenti­
cation is enabled on the same port, any 802.1X authentication has no effect on
the ability of a client to access the controlled port. That is, the client's access
will be denied until the client authenticates through Web-Auth or MAC-Auth
on the port. Note also that a client authenticating with port-based 802.1X does
not open the port in the same way that it would if Web-Auth or MAC-Auth were
not enabled. That is, any non-authenticating client attempting to access the
port after another client authenticates with port-based 802.1X would still have
to authenticate through Web-Auth or MAC-Auth.