Value of Calling-station-id on ethernet

[Guy Davies]

If you're doing 802.1x authentication, then it will be the MAC.  The
supplicant may not even have an IP address when it communicates with the
NAS (the ethernet switch) if it is configured for DHCP.

If you're logging into the CLI of a device configured to authenticate
using RADIUS, then I would not necessarily expect there to be a
Calling-Station-Id.  If there were, I'd expect it to be the IP address,
since the communication between the remote client and the network device
is all via IP.

I can't think of any other reason for an Ethernet switch to make a
RADIUS request.

Rgds,

Guy 

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:freeradius-users-bounces at lists.freeradius.org] On Behalf Of
Jonathan De Graeve
Sent: 11 October 2005 20:04
To: FreeRadius users mailing list
Subject: Value of Calling-station-id on ethernet

Is this value the mac or the ip address on Ethernet networks.

I need to know since I'm programming a radiusclient.

J.

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