Supplicant framework to handle clientless devices on a dot1x platform
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Jul 1, 2014
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Dec 27, 2010
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A network device may include a supplicant framework to generate a first 802.1x packet using a MAC address, associated with a first device as a first username and password in the first 802.1x packet; and generate a second 802.1x packet using a second username and password received from a second device via a captive-portal web page. The network device may further include an authenticator state machine to authenticate the first device with a Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS) server using a first Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) packet that includes the first 802.1x packet; authenticate the second device with the RADIUS server using a second EAP packet that includes the second 802.1x packet; receive a third EAP packet from a third device; and authenticate the third device with the RADIUS server using the third EAP packet.
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