NAC (Network Access Control) with HP and Radius

[TOuellette]

I am using a FreeRadius server running on FC7 (Fedora Core 7), currently all it handles is authentication for my wireless network.

I would like to expand my Radius server(s) to also handle Network Access Control (user based) for my current Procurve environment. I know setting up identity based NAC with Radius and Cisco is pretty straight forward, however my company is too cheap to buy Cisco, therefore i am stuck with a Procurve enterprise.

Anyone here play with NAC on Procurves before that can tell me if it's even possible?

 

[chumguy]

Are you asking about using 802.1x to authenticate users on Procurve switches?

 

[TOuellette]

Yea, that was the easy way to put it.

 

[chumguy]

I tested it a year or so ago and it worked. We haven't implemented it on the wired network though. We use 802.1x with HP's wireless module now. We authenticate through Microsoft's Internet Authentication Service and AD.