MAC based auth

tnt at kalik.net tnt at kalik.net
Tue Nov 25 19:44:44 CET 2008


>This is my problem, what can you suggest to me :
>I want use 802.1x port auth, although the machines are servers, and
>users logging in rarely.
>the machines will automaticly do the authentication(this is the goal),


What is the Authenticator (NAS)? You should find in it's documentation
how to set mac authentication before 802.1x.

>but how can i set the pass, cos  i set the name of the pc and  it will
>be sent,  but the  pass...
>This u/p seem better security than use just mac address.
>

For that you need AD. It can be set manually using netdom resetpwd but
only for machines in the domain.

Ivan Kalik
Kalik Informatika ISP




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