C9130 and 802.1x using MIC for access

AverageAdmin · ‎10-30-2023

Hello,

does the 9130 acts like a supplicant out of the box?
We have a secured network and MAB is really a pain and kind of useless security wise.

So ideally I want to use the MIC to give the AP network access, is this possible?

Regards

Haydn Andrews · ‎10-30-2023

You can configure the APs to authenticate via 802.1x to the wired network, but its not out of the box.

You would need to stage them

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/wireless/controller/7-6/configuration-guide/b_cg76/b_cg76_chapter_01101000.pdf

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Rich R · ‎10-31-2023

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/wireless/catalyst-9800-series-wireless-controllers/217848-configure-802-1x-supplicant-for-access-p.html

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/wireless/controller/9800/17-9/config-guide/b_wl_17_9_cg/m_801x_support_eap-tls_and_eap-peap-neat.html

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AverageAdmin · ‎10-31-2023

Thx, but I know how to configure it manually. The thing here is to use something smarter for initial onboarding than whitelisting a MAC address, opening a port, or prestaging a device.