How did you test DHCP snooping, DAI, VMPS, dot1x port authentication?

Andrew White · ‎01-15-2013

Hello,

In my test lab rack I have 2 x 2950's and 2 x 3560s. I now want to work on configuring DHCP snooping, DAI, VMPS and dot1x port authentication, but it seems I need a radius server and a DHCP server and a VMPS server? What do you use? I guess I could install Virtualbox and then a 180 day trial of Windows 2008 for Radius and DHCP? I see Linux have FreeRadius but I'm not very good with Linux. Is the VMPS server a switch or Windows/Linux server?

I'm just interested on how you configured all this and what you used? Once I have come up with a solution I would like to add some of it to our live LAN.

Any advise would be very using.

Thanks

Peter Paluch · ‎01-15-2013

Hi Andrew,

I am not sure if there is any VMPS server available for Windows. To be honest, I did not try to find any. The VMPS server functionality was, if my memory serves, implemented on selected Catalyst series (like 4500 and higher). I do not recall seeing that support in a standalone server package. Perhaps it was available in the ACS but I can not confirm that.

However, if you're willing to give the Linux a chance, then the FreeRADIUS is the way to go. In fact, it contains an implementation of both RADIUS and VMPS servers so within a single package, you get both servers. Also, there is the ISC DHCP server package available for Linux.

Best regards,

Peter