On 18/11/13 16:42, Russell Mike wrote:
Dear List
Please forgive me if my question is not good but i tried my best.
IEEE 802.1X and EAP The IEEE 802.1X protocol provides access control in OSI Layer 2 (the MAC Layer). IEEE.802.1X supports the authentication of
Sort of. The OSI model only maps partly to modern Ethernet/IP networks.
clients while establishing a connection to the network before the client is assigned as IP address via DHCP ( Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) Among other things. i am using CoovaChilli with FR and i need to authenticate users before ip address & VLAN is assigned. i wish to check if Freeradius EAP would work this way.
Yes. EAP works before IP is up, so you can select VLAN (and thus IP range) as part of the EAP post-auth.