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Configuring 802.1X Authentication
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Configuring EAP
You can configure the WX switch to offload all EAP processing from
Offload
server groups. In this case, the RADIUS server is not required to
communicate using the EAP protocols.
For PEAP-MS-CHAP-V2 offload, you define a complete user profile in the
local WX database and only a username and password on a RADIUS
server. For EAP-TLS offload, you define a complete user profile in the local
database only.
For example, the following command authenticates all wireless users who
request SSID marshes at example.com by offloading PEAP processing
onto the WX switch, while still performing MS-CHAP-V2 authentication
via the server group shorebirds:
WX1200# set authentication dot1x ssid marshes *@example.com
peap-mschapv2 shorebirds
To offload both PEAP and MS-CHAP-V2 processing onto the WX switch,
use the following command:
WX1200# set authentication dot1x ssid marshes *@example.com
peap-mschapv2 local
Using Pass-Through
The pass-through method causes EAP authentication requests to be
processed entirely by remote RADIUS servers in server groups.
For example, the following command enables users at EXAMPLE to be
processed via server group shorebirds or swampbirds:
WX1200# set authentication dot1X ssid marshes EXAMPLE/*
pass-through shorebirds swampbirds
The server group swampbirds is contacted only if all the RADIUS servers in
shorebirds do not respond.
(For an example of the use of pass-through servers plus the local
database for authentication, see "Remote Authentication with Local
Backup" on page 287.)
Authenticating via a
To configure the WX switch to authenticate and authorize a user against
Local Database
the local database in the WX switch, use the following command:
set authentication dot1x {ssid ssid-name | wired} user-glob
[bonded] protocol local
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