IEEE Standard for port-based Network Access Control
Questions tagged [802.1]
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"Dynamic" access point and port authentication
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I have multiple switches with port-authentication (MAC based or 802.1X). Each switch are connected with a trunk port statically configured. One vlan for authenticated users, and
one vlan for guest users. The…
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what 802.1x key_mgmt/eap does wired network normally uses?
I'm really new to 802.1x but I'm trying to use 802.1x authentication in a wired network. My desktop is Linux (centos) using wpa_supplicant as the supplicant. I'm wondering what key_mgmt/eap is normally used in the wired environment?
I went through…
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Reason for four frame types in Wireless LAN
So I was asked this question in an interview as a junior network specialist the other day:
Give A reason why there is only one frame type in a wired LAN but four
frame types in a wireless LAN.
This was my answer:
The reason for having only one…
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Implement 802.1x PAE in a linux server with one NIC
I want secure my computers network and I want implement some mechanism that prevent an unauthorized PC to connect to my servers (without use filter by MAC or IP, that is very weak).
So my network has many Switch L2 unmanaged that obviously not…
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Linux OS with GUI based multiple vlan support
Is there a distribution of Linux that includes support in the gui for managing 802.1q (trunks)
We have techs in the field that may need to change from one vlan to another but don't know Linux CLI at all.
Thank you,
Ken
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Are Cisco access ports basically the same thing as a port on an unmanaged switch?
The title should say it all..I'm trying to learn more about VLANs, tagging/trunking, etc.
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