We have a very successful 802.1x wireless network, using native
supplicants, WPA/2, PEAP w/ MSCHAPv2, going against AD. In the general
production network, we use simple go/nogo from the perspective of AD. If
you're in AD, you are allowed in. (We have special WLANs that actually
use RADIUS attributes, but not on the big honkin' general WLAN). We use
Cisco ACS for RADIUS.
 
We are now looking at adding NAC (possibly Impulse or Lockdown, or one
of a couple of others- and please, no NAC vendors contact me after
reading this) to both the wired and wireless networks- but it gets a bit
weird looking at adding NAC to 802.1x (which is NAC to a certain degree
in and of itself) for the likes of posture/health checking. For 802.1x,
we tout the value of stored credentials on personal machines to
facilitate fast access to the WLAN. But agent-based NAC systems tend to
want frequent logins for various functions...
 
I guess I don't have specific questions, but has anyone else wrestled
with these issues, and what did you end up doing? I realize I'm giving
you little info, but really just looking for general thoughts- offline
is fine...
 
Lee H. Badman
Wireless/Network Engineer
Information Technology and Services
Syracuse University
315 443-3003
 

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