topic external authentication server configuration in Network Access Control https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-access-control/external-authentication-server-configuration/m-p/174779#M6997 <P>What is the difference using option 'a' (compared to option 'b') when configuring an external authentication server?</P><P></P><P>a. Configuration | System | Servers | Authentication</P><P>b. Configuration | User Management | Groups | Authentication Servers</P><P></P><P>Is it correct to assume that option 'b' allows for configuration of external servers for specific groups? Why would I use option 'a'? Thanks in advance.</P><P></P> Fri, 21 Feb 2020 18:07:10 GMT nmackovski 2020-02-21T18:07:10Z external authentication server configuration https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-access-control/external-authentication-server-configuration/m-p/174779#M6997 <P>What is the difference using option 'a' (compared to option 'b') when configuring an external authentication server?</P><P></P><P>a. Configuration | System | Servers | Authentication</P><P>b. Configuration | User Management | Groups | Authentication Servers</P><P></P><P>Is it correct to assume that option 'b' allows for configuration of external servers for specific groups? Why would I use option 'a'? Thanks in advance.</P><P></P> Fri, 21 Feb 2020 18:07:10 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-access-control/external-authentication-server-configuration/m-p/174779#M6997 nmackovski 2020-02-21T18:07:10Z Re: external authentication server configuration https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-access-control/external-authentication-server-configuration/m-p/174780#M6999 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Correct, option b allows you to define an auth server for a specific group, whereas option a defines an auth server for all groups. If option b is set then this server is used for the authentication for that group only and overrides anything set under option a. If it's not set, then option a is used.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 19 Jun 2003 07:49:44 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-access-control/external-authentication-server-configuration/m-p/174780#M6999 gfullage 2003-06-19T07:49:44Z