Re: Upgrade or migration away from VMPS - what are my options?

On 06/18/2012 08:10 AM, Kaya Saman wrote:

Hi,

since I've been having issues with the latest Cisco OS (version 15) and VMPS not connecting properly what are my alternatives?

The equivalent, RADIUS-based Cisco feature is called "MAB". It more or less does exactly the same thing as VMPS, but with a RADIUS packet instead. You just need to configure MAB on the IOS ports (it's a bit more typing, unfortunately) and configure FreeRADIUS for MAC auth, which is well documented in the wiki. A more involved alternative is 802.1x which, unlike MAC-based auth, involves credentials, and is therefore more secure as it's harder to fool.