Re: 802.1x and authenticating machine account

Take a look at pGina.

josh.

--On Tuesday, April 12, 2005 09:14:31 -0500 markcapelle@pcmc.com wrote:

> I have been using 802.1x with PEAP/Windows XP/AD for a while. We now have
> some walkup stations in place that are giving me trouble. Since the
> machine does not have cached credentials of the user logging in, it cannot
> get past the login screen to start the EAP auth and activate the port on
> my switch. I enabled the checkbox to use the machine credentials, so now
> I see the request come in (host/machine.mydomain.corp.com). Is there a
> way I can auth the machine? Could I do this via the users file? Maybe
> use the realm file to modify the request to auth the machine against AD
> properly?
>
> Mark Capelle
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