HPE Network Switching Professional (HPE7-A08)

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Manage, maintain, optimize, and monitor the wired network solution

You have configured 802.1X and MAC authentication in an office environment. During testing, you found that devices without 802.1X support take several minutes to obtain an IP address. What can you do to improve the connection time for these devices while maintaining a secure configuration?

Explanation

By default, 802.1X has higher authentication precedence than MAC authentication, so a device that cannot perform 802.1X can wait for that process before MAC authentication is attempted. Configuring MAC authentication before 802.1X lets those devices authenticate through MAC authentication promptly while preserving controlled network access. Aruba AOS-CX: aaa authentication port-access auth-precedence

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