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Configuring Web-Based Authentication
Prerequisites for Configuring
Web-Based Authentication
By default, the IP device tracking feature is disabled on a switch. You must enable the IP device tracking feature to
use web-based authentication.
You must configure at least one IP address to run the switch HTTP server. You must also configure routes to reach
each host IP address. The HTTP server sends the HTTP login page to the host.
You must configure the default ACL on the interface before configuring web-based authentication. Configure a port
ACL for a Layer 2 interface.
Restrictions for Configuring
Web-Based Authentication
Web-based authentication is an ingress-only feature.
You can configure web-based authentication only on access ports. Web-based authentication is not supported on
trunk ports, EtherChannel member ports, or dynamic trunk ports.
You cannot authenticate hosts on Layer 2 interfaces with static ARP cache assignment. These hosts are not detected
by the web-based authentication feature because they do not send ARP messages.
Hosts that are more than one hop away might experience traffic disruption if an STP topology change results in the
host traffic arriving on a different port. This occurs because the ARP and DHCP updates might not be sent after a
Layer 2 (STP) topology change.
Web-based authentication does not support VLAN assignment as a downloadable-host policy.
Web-based authentication is not supported for IPv6 traffic.
Web-based authentication and Network Edge Access Topology (NEAT) are mutually exclusive. You cannot use
web-based authentication when NEAT is enabled on an interface, and you cannot use NEAT when web-based
authentication is running on an interface.
Web-based authentication supports only RADIUS authorization servers. You cannot use servers or local
authorization.
Information About Configuring
Web-Based Authentication
Web-Based Authentication
Use the web-based authentication feature, known as
web authentication proxy
, to authenticate end users on host
systems that do not run the IEEE 802.1x supplicant.
Note:
You can configure web-based authentication on Layer 2 interfaces.
Summary of Contents for IE 4000
Page 12: ...8 Configuration Overview Default Settings After Initial Switch Configuration ...
Page 52: ...48 Configuring Interfaces Monitoring and Maintaining the Interfaces ...
Page 108: ...104 Configuring Switch Clusters Additional References ...
Page 128: ...124 Performing Switch Administration Additional References ...
Page 130: ...126 Configuring PTP ...
Page 140: ...136 Configuring CIP Additional References ...
Page 146: ...142 Configuring SDM Templates Configuration Examples for Configuring SDM Templates ...
Page 192: ...188 Configuring Switch Based Authentication Additional References ...
Page 244: ...240 Configuring IEEE 802 1x Port Based Authentication Additional References ...
Page 298: ...294 Configuring VLANs Additional References ...
Page 336: ...332 Configuring STP Additional References ...
Page 408: ...404 Configuring DHCP Additional References ...
Page 450: ...446 Configuring IGMP Snooping and MVR Additional References ...
Page 490: ...486 Configuring SPAN and RSPAN Additional References ...
Page 502: ...498 Configuring Layer 2 NAT ...
Page 770: ...766 Configuring IPv6 MLD Snooping Related Documents ...
Page 930: ...926 Configuring IP Unicast Routing Related Documents ...
Page 976: ...972 Configuring Cisco IOS IP SLAs Operations Additional References ...
Page 978: ...974 Dying Gasp ...
Page 990: ...986 Configuring Enhanced Object Tracking Monitoring Enhanced Object Tracking ...
Page 994: ...990 Configuring MODBUS TCP Displaying MODBUS TCP Information ...
Page 996: ...992 Ethernet CFM ...
Page 1066: ...1062 Using an SD Card SD Card Alarms ...