Difference between eap and eapol

[palani2010]

• Difference between eap and eapol

[Flavio Miranda · Accepted solution]

@palani2010 

 The same thing but for EAP running in Local Area network is given the name of EAPOL (Extensible Authentication Protocol over LAN)

[Mark Elsen]

 - Ref : https://support.huawei.com/enterprise/en/doc/EDOC1100086527
            Have a look at Table 1-3

  M.

[MHM Cisco World · Accepted solution]

Endpoint- wlc/SW - ISE(AAA)

The endpoint send EAP encapsulate inside L2 frame so it called ""eapol""

Wlc/SW remove this encapsulate and add eap message to radius-request packet and send it to ISE(AAA)

So eap is packet for auth if it encapsulate inside L2 frame it called eapoL

MHM

[Torbjørn]

EAP is the authentication protocol itself while EAPOL is the way EAP is encapsulated for transmission over various LAN network types(ethernet, wireless ++)