topic RE: Can EXOS act as 802.1x supplicant? in ExtremeSwitching (EXOS/Switch Engine)

Can EXOS act as 802.1x supplicant?

Knut — Fri, 25 Nov 2016 16:29:00 GMT

Hi! Can EXOS act as an 802.1X supplicant? I'm thinking about a scenario where I want an access switch to authenticate itself to the distribution switch before It’s uplink become active.

RE: Can EXOS act as 802.1x supplicant?

Karthik_Mohando — Fri, 25 Nov 2016 18:34:00 GMT

Hi Knut,

Welcome to the Hub.

As far as i know Switch can only pass and it cannot act as a 802.1x Supplicant.

RE: Can EXOS act as 802.1x supplicant?

M_Nees — Wed, 30 Nov 2016 03:38:00 GMT

Hi Knut,

i had the same demand as you - but with EXOS/EOS it is currently not possible to do that.

I hope that Extreme will be provide this feature in the near future.

If you are interested how other huge vendor solve that demand - Cisco NEAT (Network Edge Authentication Topology).

Regards

RE: Can EXOS act as 802.1x supplicant?

Knut — Wed, 30 Nov 2016 15:41:00 GMT

Hi Matthias,

Good to see that I'm not alone  In general I see 802.1X as a method to secure user ports. However in some office environments switches are also placed in user "controllable" areas like meeting rooms etc. The up-link for such switches would typical be accessible to users and should preferably be protected with 802.1X like the rest of the user ports.

Also when other switch vendors have this, it seems like a "valid" feature.

RE: Can EXOS act as 802.1x supplicant?

Henrique — Wed, 30 Nov 2016 19:40:00 GMT

I will try to get any info on that and update this thread.

RE: Can EXOS act as 802.1x supplicant?

Raymond_van_Dij — Wed, 30 Nov 2016 20:22:00 GMT

Feature request 01263036 has been created.

The SE for the region will follow up.

RE: Can EXOS act as 802.1x supplicant?

hisleee — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 12:11:00 GMT

There has been no update information on this feature.
Is this new feature(802.1x supplicant) available now?

And another question.
When 802.1x Authenticator feature is not enabled on some ports,
can EAPoL frames be transfered among these ports like a simple L2-hub switch?
or
irespective of the feature configuration, all EAPoL frames are terminated on their input ports?

RE: Can EXOS act as 802.1x supplicant?

M_Nees — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 19:41:00 GMT

Hi Hislee,

the feature you are looking for is "eapol pass-through".

This is current not available on EXOS Switches.

If you need, please raise a Feature Request for this.

BR,
Matthias

RE: Can EXOS act as 802.1x supplicant?

Tomasz — Wed, 03 Apr 2019 03:54:00 GMT

Hi,

How about pythoning a supplicant? 😉

Kind regards,
Tomasz

RE: Can EXOS act as 802.1x supplicant?

SchmuFoo — Tue, 14 May 2019 17:59:00 GMT

Any update on this?

Thanks

RE: Can EXOS act as 802.1x supplicant?

Robert_Zdzieblo — Fri, 15 Jan 2021 20:02:00 GMT

Hello,

How about that feature request ? Has it been canceled ?

We have that functionality required by some of our customers, just because they utilized this before using other vendor’s gear.

On the other hand: does any other Extreme’s family support this (BOSS/VOSS/SLX) ?

REGARDS

Robert

RE: Can EXOS act as 802.1x supplicant?

Robert_Zdzieblo — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 00:58:00 GMT

Hello,

Just for your information: 200-series can act as 802.1x supplicant.

I’ve also found some info in the latest “Configuring Security for VOSS” suggesting, that supplicant function could be enabled on a port.

REGARDS

Robert