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The 802.1x Supplicant Configuration page authenticates the device on a network using 802.1x. 802.1x can be configured to use different authentication mechanisms such as L2 Ethernet for its authentication, but will typically not be able to authenticate over a VLAN.

1. Choose Network > 802.1X Supplicant.
   
   

   
   

2. Configure settings using the information in the table below as a guide. When you have finished configuring settings, click Submit to make your changes take effect.

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   0 Figure 1 802.1X Supplicant Configuration Parameters
   Parameter Description Interface Select an interface from the Interface drop-down list: eth1 (default) eth0 (VID=1) Due to a hardware limitation, authenticating over the LAN port is not supported on the Spacevars 0 product2 4508POE. Enable 802.1X supplicant Select the Enable 802.1X supplicant checkbox to enable the 802.1X supplicant. Anonymous Identity Enter an anonymous ID. Identity Enter a username to use with FAST Phase 2 authentication. Password Enter a password to use with FAST Phase 2 or MD5 authentication. EAP Selects the Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) authentication protocol for your system. Choose an authentication protocol for your system from the EAP drop-down list: MD5—EAP-MD5 password protection only provides authentication of the EAP peer to the EAP server but not mutual authentication. Least secure connection and not suitable for dynamic WEP, or WPA/WPA2 enterprise. PEAP—Protected Extensible AuthenticationProtocol (PEAP) with PEAP-MSCHAPv2. FAST—EAP-FAST (Flexible Authentication via Secure Tunneling) tunnels the authentication data providing more options for security: Phase 1—Validates the tunnel. Only MD5 authentication is supported. Phase 2—Authenticates within the tunnel. The username and password used are “Identity” and “Password.”