Port-Based Security Configuration Examples; Configuring 802.1X Authentication - Dell PowerConnect 7048P Manual

Port-Based Security Configuration Examples

This section contains the following examples:
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Configuring 802.1X Authentication

• Configuring MAC-Based Authentication Mode
• Allowing RADIUS-Assigned VLANs and a Guest VLAN
• Configuring Authentication Server Filter Assignments
Configuring 802.1X Authentication
The network in this example requires clients to use 802.1X authentication to
access the network through the switch ports. The administrator must
configure the following settings on systems other than the switch before
configuring the switch:
1 Add the users to the client database on the Authentication Server, such as
a RADIUS server with Cisco
software.
2 Configure the settings on the client, such a PC running Microsoft
Windows, to require 802.1X authentication.
The switch uses the Authentication Server with an IP address of 10.10.10.10
to authenticate clients. Port 7 is connected to a printer in the unsecured area.
The printer is an 802.1X unaware client, so Port 7 is configured to use MAC-
based authentication with MAB.
NOTE:
The printer requires an entry in the client database that uses the printer
MAC address as the username.
Port 9 is connected to a server in a part of the network that has secure physical
access (i.e. the doors to the wiring closet and data center are locked), so this
port is set to the Authorized state, meaning that the device connected to this
port does not need to authenticate using 802.1X. Port 10 is the uplink to a
router and is also in the Authorized state.
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Secure Access Control Server (ACS)
Configuring 802.1X and Port-Based Security
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