Chapter 27: Multiauth Configuration; Configuring Multiple Authentication; About Multiple Authentication; Dfe-Gold Multi-User Capacities - Enterasys Matrix DFE-Gold Series Configuration Manual

This chapter describes the MultiAuth set of commands and how to use them. Multiple User
Multiple Authentication – allows multiple users on a given port to simultaneously authenticate
using any or all of the supported protocols (MAC Authentication, PWA, 802.1X, and CEP), and for
each authenticated user to receive a unique level of network access.

Configuring Multiple Authentication

About Multiple Authentication

When enabled, multiple authentication allows multiple users to authenticate using up to three
methods on the same port, and receive a policy traffic profile based on the RADIUS configuration.
When multi‐authentication ports have a combination of authentication methods enabled, and a
user is successfully authenticated in more than one way at the same time, the precedence of the
authentication methods will determine which RADIUS‐returned filter ID will be processed and
result in an applied traffic policy profile.

DFE-Gold Multi-User Capacities

Matrix DFE Gold modules support one authenticated user and one IP phone per port. The system
(chassis) supports up to 1024 authenticated users.
The number of authenticated users allowed per port can be controlled by means of the set
multiauth port on page
Purpose
To configure multiple authentication.
Note: An Enterasys Feature Guide document that contains a complete discussion on authentication
configuration, including MultiAuth, exists at the following Enterasys web site:
www.enterasys.com/support/manuals/
27‐6.
Note: In order for multiple authentication to function on the device, each possible method of
authentication (MAC authentication, PWA, 802.1X) must be enabled globally and configured
appropriately on the desired ports per its corresponding command set as described in this chapter.
Multiple authentication mode must be globally enabled on the device using the set multiauth mode
command as described in
MultiAuth Configuration
"set multiauth mode" on page 27-2.
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