MAC based auth

[Hegedus Gabor]

tnt at kalik.net wrote:
>> Do they support Mac-Based Auth + 802.1X on the same port?
>>     
>
> In a (very) weird way. It's not mac auth + 802.1x but mac auth *in*
> 802.1x (mac address is sent as user/pass - requires registry hacking on
> XP). And then you can re-authenticate with username/pass.
>
> There is also something called mac authentication bypass for 802.1x. If
> enabled switch will do mac auth if it doesn't get EAPOL packet from the
> supplicant. So, in a matter of speaking, you can have mac auth and
> (probably should say or - the idea is to be able to connect something
> that doesn't do 802.1x, like a network printer) 802.1x on the same port.
>
> Ivan Kalik
> Kalik Informatika ISP
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thanks everybody,

yes, I find the mac auth bypass but it works just on some cisco devices,
I will try this win hack cos it might be usable.
and tell if i have solutions.

Gabor