Reviving an old thread. > > The packetfence documentation is great and sofar we have been able to > follow it quite closely, but when it comes to setting up and integrating > 802.1X into the mix, it seems to be very short. > > Why is this? Is this, because 802.1X, isn't really being deployed in > combination with packetfence currently or even maybe 802.1x is > superfluous once packetfence is installed? > > If somebody could explain a setup where they have linux servers, MS AD > controller and XP workstations and actually have packetfence AND 802.1x > port security both enabled. I am particularly curious as to what RADIUS > server people would use for this? Is this safer and easier to do with MS > software or using FreeRadius? Is a radius server even required because > of 802.1X? >
Before PacketFence 2.0 it was possible to mix dot1x and port-security but a lot of manual configuration and a deep understanding of how packetfence works was required. With the 2.0 release you should be able to accomplish the scenario you mentioned by following our updated Admin guide. -- Olivier Bilodeau [email protected] :: +1.514.447.4918 *115 :: www.inverse.ca Inverse inc. :: Leaders behind SOGo (www.sogo.nu) and PacketFence (www.packetfence.org) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Protect Your Site and Customers from Malware Attacks Learn about various malware tactics and how to avoid them. Understand malware threats, the impact they can have on your business, and how you can protect your company and customers by using code signing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl _______________________________________________ Packetfence-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/packetfence-users
