<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Alex,</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Features such as 'bandwidth and port blocking"
(if any) are allocated/configured on the _<I>NAS</I>_ (in this case a
NAS port) via AV pair/s provided by RADIUS... the '802.1x
Supplicant" (Client/Endpoint) in simple terms... provides a
secure/standard conduit which facilitates the communication of
credentials (from the Supplicant to the Authenticator). The
'802.1x Authenticator" (or NAS) _MAY_ provision/enforce
Authorization for the specific endpoint in the context of a user or
group...<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun:
yes"></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN>The
management & granularity of this functionality verifies greatly by
switch vendor… as a result providing this functionality across a
multi-vendor environment... in a large scale deployment... is often too
complex to seriously consider.<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:
Arial"><?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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<div>jmr<BR></div>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 8px; MARGIN-LEFT: 8px; BORDER-LEFT:
blue 2px solid"><BR>-------- Original Message --------<BR>Subject: RE:
802.1x<BR>From: "Alex M" <alexm@lrcommunications.net><BR>Date:
Wed, November 02, 2005 9:10 am<BR>To: "'FreeRadius users mailing
list'"<BR><freeradius-users@lists.freeradius.org><BR><BR>Now im
totally lost...<BR>Can u give me an example what 802.1x
does?<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From:
freeradius-users-bounces@lists.freeradius.org<BR>[mailto:freeradius-users-bounces@lists.freeradius.org]
On Behalf Of Alan<BR>DeKok<BR>Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 11:04
AM<BR>To: FreeRadius users mailing list<BR>Subject: Re: 802.1x
<BR><BR>"Alex M" <alexm@lrcommunications.net> wrote:<BR>> So
then such features as bandwidth and port blocking could be
controlled<BR>via<BR>> 802.1x?<BR><BR> No.<BR><BR> Alan
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