11-05-2008 08:44 AM - edited 03-06-2019 02:19 AM
Does anyone know if this can be done to a workstation? I know phones can be done through option codes, but I think those codes are vendor specific. Is there an option that anyone knows of that will assign a workstation to a vlan?
Thanks!
John
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11-05-2008 08:54 AM
John
There are 2 options that i know of
1) VMPS (Vlan Membership Policy Server) where you set up a database of workstation mac-addresses to vlan mappings. Very time consuming and i'm not aware of that many people using it. Old technology to a large extent replacd by
2) 802.1x - you can authenticate users/machines on the switches and do a dynamic vlan assignment based on their credentials. You need a AAA server and it again it is not something you configure in a couple of minutes :-)
I'm not aware of a way to do it via DHCP but others may know.
Jon
11-05-2008 08:55 AM
You need to configure dot1x authentication on the switch.
When the workstation connects to the switchport it will ask for authentication and on successfull authentication it will put in a particular vlan and on auth fail onto a different vlan.
11-05-2008 08:54 AM
John
There are 2 options that i know of
1) VMPS (Vlan Membership Policy Server) where you set up a database of workstation mac-addresses to vlan mappings. Very time consuming and i'm not aware of that many people using it. Old technology to a large extent replacd by
2) 802.1x - you can authenticate users/machines on the switches and do a dynamic vlan assignment based on their credentials. You need a AAA server and it again it is not something you configure in a couple of minutes :-)
I'm not aware of a way to do it via DHCP but others may know.
Jon
11-05-2008 09:04 AM
Thanks!
11-05-2008 08:55 AM
You need to configure dot1x authentication on the switch.
When the workstation connects to the switchport it will ask for authentication and on successfull authentication it will put in a particular vlan and on auth fail onto a different vlan.
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