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ENTRALIZED
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UTHENTICATION
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ONFIGURATION
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Currently, 3C16860, 3C16861, LS81FS24A, 3C16859, and 3C16858 I/O Modules
of 3Com Switch 7750 Ethernet switches do not support the centralized MAC
address authentication.
Centralized MAC
Address
Authentication
Overview
Centralized MAC address authentication is port- and MAC address-based
authentication used to control user permissions to access a network. Centralized
MAC address authentication can be performed without client-side software. With
this type of authentication employed, a switch authenticates a user upon
detecting the MAC address of the user for the first time.
Centralized MAC address authentication can be implemented in the following two
modes:
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MAC address mode, where user MAC serves as both the user name and the
password.
■
Fixed mode, where user names and passwords are configured on a switch in
advance.
As for Switch 7750 Ethernet switches, authentication can be performed locally or
through a RADIUS server.
1
When a RADIUS server is used for authentication, the switch serves as a RADIUS
client. Authentication is carried out through the cooperation of switches and the
RADIUS server.
■
In MAC address mode, a switch sends user MAC addresses detected to the
RADIUS server as both user names and passwords. The rest handling
procedures are the same as that of the common RADIUS authentication.
■
In fixed mode, a switch sends the user name and password previously
configured for the user to be authenticated to the RADIUS server and replaces
the calling-station-id field of the RADIUS packet with the MAC address of the
user. The rest handling procedures are the same as that of the common
RADIUS authentication.
■
A user can access a network upon passing the authentication performed by the
RADIUS server.
2
When authentications are performed locally, users are authenticated by switches.
In this case,
■
For fixed mode, configure the local user names and passwords as those for
fixed mode.
■
The service type of a local user needs to be configured as lan-access.
Summary of Contents for Switch 7754
Page 32: ...32 CHAPTER 1 CLI OVERVIEW ...
Page 70: ...70 CHAPTER 5 LOGGING IN USING MODEM ...
Page 76: ...76 CHAPTER 7 LOGGING IN THROUGH NMS ...
Page 86: ...86 CHAPTER 9 CONFIGURATION FILE MANAGEMENT ...
Page 120: ...120 CHAPTER 13 ISOLATE USER VLAN CONFIGURATION ...
Page 126: ...126 CHAPTER 14 SUPER VLAN ...
Page 136: ...136 CHAPTER 16 IP PERFORMANCE CONFIGURATION ...
Page 152: ...152 CHAPTER 17 IPX CONFIGURATION ...
Page 164: ...164 CHAPTER 19 QINQ CONFIGURATION ...
Page 172: ...172 CHAPTER 21 SHARED VLAN CONFIGURATION ...
Page 182: ...182 CHAPTER 22 PORT BASIC CONFIGURATION ...
Page 198: ...198 CHAPTER 24 PORT ISOLATION CONFIGURATION ...
Page 208: ...208 CHAPTER 25 PORT SECURITY CONFIGURATION ...
Page 224: ...224 CHAPTER 27 DLDP CONFIGURATION ...
Page 232: ...232 CHAPTER 28 MAC ADDRESS TABLE MANAGEMENT ...
Page 240: ...240 CHAPTER 29 CENTRALIZED MAC ADDRESS AUTHENTICATION CONFIGURATION ...
Page 280: ...280 CHAPTER 30 MSTP CONFIGURATION ...
Page 348: ...348 CHAPTER 35 IS IS CONFIGURATION ...
Page 408: ...408 CHAPTER 39 802 1X CONFIGURATION ...
Page 412: ...412 CHAPTER 40 HABP CONFIGURATION ...
Page 422: ...422 CHAPTER 41 MULTICAST OVERVIEW ...
Page 426: ...426 CHAPTER 42 GMRP CONFIGURATION ...
Page 480: ...480 CHAPTER 47 PIM CONFIGURATION ...
Page 506: ...506 CHAPTER 48 MSDP CONFIGURATION ...
Page 552: ...552 CHAPTER 51 TRAFFIC ACCOUNTING CONFIGURATION ...
Page 570: ...570 CHAPTER 53 HA CONFIGURATION ...
Page 582: ...582 CHAPTER 54 ARP CONFIGURATION SwitchA arp protective down recover interval 200 ...
Page 622: ...622 CHAPTER 58 DHCP RELAY AGENT CONFIGURATION ...
Page 684: ...684 CHAPTER 61 QOS CONFIGURATION ...
Page 718: ...718 CHAPTER 63 CLUSTER ...
Page 738: ...738 CHAPTER 67 UDP HELPER CONFIGURATION ...
Page 752: ...752 CHAPTER 69 RMON CONFIGURATION ...
Page 772: ...772 CHAPTER 70 NTP CONFIGURATION ...
Page 796: ...796 CHAPTER 72 FILE SYSTEM MANAGEMENT ...
Page 802: ...802 CHAPTER 73 BIMS CONFIGURATION ...
Page 814: ...814 CHAPTER 74 FTP AND TFTP CONFIGURATION ...
Page 830: ...830 CHAPTER 75 INFORMATION CENTER ...
Page 836: ...836 CHAPTER 76 DNS CONFIGURATION ...
Page 852: ...852 CHAPTER 77 BOOTROM AND HOST SOFTWARE LOADING ...
Page 858: ...858 CHAPTER 78 BASIC SYSTEM CONFIGURATION DEBUGGING ...