Client Authentication using 802.1x/MAC
802.1x defines authentication controls for a user or a device accessing a LAN or WLAN. It
authenticates a client-server model facilitating network access only to authorized
clients.
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Starting with the Prisma SD-WAN Release
6.0.2, end devices like ATM machines, IP Phones, Laptops, connected
to ION device switch ports, can access the network only after a
successful client authentication to enhance security. Supported
authentication modes are IEEE 802.1X and Mac authentication.
802.1X is an IEEE standard for port-based network
access control (PNAC). 802.1x defines authentication controls for
a user or a device accessing a LAN or WLAN. It authenticates a client-server
model facilitating network access only to authorized clients.
When enabled, before the ION device can provide
services to a client, the client (connected to the switch port)
has to be authenticated by the Remote Authentication Dial In User
Service (RADIUS) authentication server. Clients that do not support 802.1X
can access the network by using MAC authentication by applying the
user policies in the RADIUS server. Only closed mode and single
host authentication is supported.
IEEE 802.1X and MAC authentication are supported on all ports on the L2 LAN Switch
of the new ION 1200-S and its variants.
