Can EXOS act as 802.1x supplicant?

[Knut]

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.

[M_Nees]

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

[hisleee]

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?

[Raymond_van_Dij]

Feature request 01263036 has been created.

The SE for the region will follow up.

[Henrique]

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

[Knut]

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.