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www.dell.com | support.dell.com Y1836bk0.book Page 14 Tuesday, July 15, 2003 12:55 PM RADIUS Configuration for 802.1x Port Authentication Each user that requires 802.1x authentication for network access must be configured locally on the RADIUS server or on an external database that the RADIUS server can access. Most RADIUS server software provides a facility to search external databases, such as other RADIUS or TACACS servers, SQL databases, or Windows domain servers. For 802.1x authentication, only the user name and password need to be configured in the user database. When an 802.1x client requests access to a switch port, the switch sends an access-request RADIUS packet to the server that includes the EAP-Message attribute identifying an authentication using EAP. The RADIUS server may require configuration to select EAP MD5challenge as the primary EAP authentication method. Refer to your RADIUS server documentation for information on configuring EAP authentication. 14 Documentation Update