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Flex 7500 Wireless Branch Controller Deployment Guide
FlexConnect Groups
Local Authentication
Before the 7.0.98.0 code release, local authentication was supported only when FlexConnect is in
Standalone Mode to ensure client connectivity is not affected during WAN link failure. With the
7.0.116.0 release, this feature is now supported even when FlexConnect access points are in Connected
Mode.
Figure 9
Central Dot1X Authentication (FlexConnect APs Acting as Authenticator)
As shown in
Figure 9
, branch clients can continue to perform 802.1X authentication when the
FlexConnect Branch APs lose connectivity with Flex 7500. As long as the RADIUS/ACS server is
reachable from the Branch site, wireless clients will continue to authenticate and access wireless
services. In other words, if the RADIUS/ACS is located inside the Branch, then clients will authenticate
and access wireless services even during a WAN outage.
Note
With Local Authentication turned on, the AP will always authenticate the clients locally, even
when it is in connected mode. When Local Authentication is disabled, the controller will
authenticate clients to the Central RADIUS server when the FlexConnect AP is in connected
mode. When the AP is in Standalone mode, the AP will authenticate clients to the Local
RADIUS / Local EAP on AP configured on the FlexConnect Group.
Note
This feature can be used in conjunction with the FlexConnect backup RADIUS server feature.
If a FlexConnect Group is configured with both backup RADIUS server and local authentication,
the FlexConnect access point always attempts to authenticate clients using the primary backup
RADIUS server first, followed by the secondary backup RADIUS server (if the primary is not
reachable), and finally the Local EAP Server on FlexConnect access point itself (if the primary
and secondary are not reachable).
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