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Chapter 10 Configuring IEEE 802.1x Port-Based Authentication
Understanding IEEE 802.1x Port-Based Authentication
Figure 10-8 Login Screen With No Banner
For more information, see the “Configuring a Web Authentication Local Banner” section on
page 10-64 .
802.1x Switch Supplicant with Network Edge Access Topology (NEAT)
NEAT extends identity to areas outside the wiring closet (such as conference rooms) through the
following:
• 802.1x switch supplicant: You can configure a switch to act as a supplicant to another switch by
using the 802.1x supplicant feature. This configuration is helpful in a scenario where, for example,
a switch is outside a wiring closet and is connected to an upstream switch through a trunk port. A
switch configured with the 802.1x switch supplicant feature authenticates with the upstream switch
for secure connectivity.
Note You cannot enable MDA or multiauth mode on the authenticator switch interface that connects
to one more supplicant switches.
• Host Authorization: NEAT ensures that only traffic from authorized hosts (connecting to the switch
with supplicant) is allowed on the network. The switches use Client Information Signalling Protocol
(CISP) to send the MAC addresses connecting to the supplicant switch to the authenticator switch,
as shown in
Figure 10-9 .
• Auto enablement: Automatically enables trunk configuration on the authenticator switch, allowing
user traffic from multiple VLANs coming from supplicant switches. This can be achieved by
configuring the cisco-av-pair as device-traffic-class=switch at the ACS. (You can configure this
under the group or user settings.