Points to Note when using the WX1200 and WX4400
9
Computer authentication also requires specific con-
figuration considerations on the WX switch:
■
The username of a computer authentication con-
nection will be in the form of host/fully-quali-
fied-domain-name, for example
host/bob-laptop.3Com.com or host/tac1-lap-
top.support.3Com.com. This username is the same
regardless of the configured protocol
(PEAP-MS-CHAP-V2 or EAP-TLS). An appropriate
userglob would be host/*.domain.com where
domain.com is the Active Directory domain name.
Alternatively, in a smaller deployment you could
use a userglob of ** and have both user and com-
puter authentication go to the same RADIUS
server.
■
PEAP-MS-CHAP-V2 offload mode is not supported
with computer authentication. You must use
pass-through 802.1x authentication policies with
computer authentication.
AAA
The following table lists the AAA servers and configu-
rations that have been tested with MSS. Tests were
performed to a local user database in most cases, and
additionally to Microsoft Active Directory and LDAP
with specific protocols as noted in the table. The tests
were initially performed using Dynamic WEP, though
subsequent testing has revealed no noticeable differ-
ences in RADIUS compatibility when using WPA.
A result of Pass indicates that the combination is sup-
ported by MSS. A result of NA (Not Applicable) indi-
cates that the RADIUS server tested does not support
the feature. A result of Fail indicates that the RADIUS
server does not interoperate with MSS for that fea-
ture. A result of NT (Not Tested) indicates that the fea-
ture was not tested.
RADIUS Testing notes
Single-Sign-On is defined
as clients being able to use the same username and
password for 802.1X authentication that they use to
Configuration
RADIUS Servers Tested
Win
2000
IAS
Win
2003
IAS
Funk
Steel
Belted
Radius
Cisco
ACS
Free-
Radius
(Linux)
PEAP-MS-CHAP-
V2
Pass
Pass
Pass
Pass
Pass
PEAP-MS-CHAP-
V2 Offload
Pass
Pass
Pass
Pass
Pass
EAP-TLS
Pass
Pass
Pass
NT
Pass
EAP-TTLS
NA
NA
Pass
NA
NT
Single-Sign-On
Active Directory
&
PEAP-MS-CHAP-
V2
Pass
Pass
Pass
Pass
NA
Single-Sign-On
LDAP & EAP-TTLS
NA
NA
Pass
NT
NT
MSS VSAs
Pass
Pass
Pass
Pass
Pass
Mac-based
authentication
Pass
Pass
Pass
Pass
Pass
Microsoft Active
Directory com-
puter authentica-
tion
Pass
Pass
NA
Pass
NA