RADIUS based MAC authentication on an JG510A

[Stefan Kreft]

Hello everybody,

I'm in the process for evaluating RADIUS based MAC authentication on our JG510A. As RADIUS Server we using Microsoft Server 2016 with the NPS Role.

My Problem: the switch never sending any authentication packets to the server. RADIUS statistic on the switch show zero packets, network monitor on server show no traffic coming from the switch.

The configuration so far:

RADIUS scheme name: radius1
Index: 1
Primary Auth Server:
Host name: Not Configured
IP : <IP_OF_RADIUS_SERVER> Port: 1812
VPN : Not configured
State: Active
Test profile: Not configured
Weight: 0
Primary Acct Server:
Host name: Not Configured
IP : <IP_OF_RADIUS_SERVER> Port: 1813
VPN : Not configured
State: Active
Weight: 0

Accounting-On function : Disabled
Retransmission times : 50
Retransmission interval(seconds) : 3
Timeout Interval(seconds) : 3
Retransmission Times : 3
Retransmission Times for Accounting Update : 5
Server Quiet Period(minutes) : 5
Realtime Accounting Interval(minutes) : 12
Stop-accounting packets buffering : Enabled
Retransmission times : 500
NAS IP Address : <IP_OF_THE_SWITCH>
VPN : Not configured
User Name Format : Without-domain
Data flow unit : Byte
Packet unit : One
Attribute 15 check-mode : Strict
Algorithm : primary-secondary
------------------------------------------------------------------
Domain:test
State: Active
lan-access Authentication Scheme: radius: radius1
lan-access Authorization Scheme: radius: radius1
default Authentication Scheme: local
default Authorization Scheme: local
default Accounting Scheme: local
Authorization attributes :
Idle-cut : Disable
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interface GigabitEthernet2/0/33
port link-mode bridge
dot1x
dot1x mandatory-domain test
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Maybe someone has an idea why the switch is never communicating with the server. An debugging radius all shows also no activities. Needs the switch a restart after enabling these functions?
Thanky a lot
Sincerely
Stefan

[drk787]

Hi,

Generally a reboot is not required after configuring the radius.

Have you tried 'domain default enable <domain name>'

Since you said that the debuging is not showing any events, have you tried issuing the 'terminal monitor' and 'terminal debugging' along with the debug command (Eg:debug radius all)

[Stefan Kreft]

Hello,

thank you for your reply. I'm trying to get an time schedule with my customer for testing this possible solution. Sorry for my late reply - this is an long-term project and was no first-class priority. But I'm still working on it.

[sdide]

Hi

Just a silly quesiton: You write you want MAC authentication using radius, but it seems, on the interface configuration that you are doing a "802.1X"-configuration. Which one is it? Comware makes a destinction!
Mac-authentication has to be enabled (like dot1x) in the global configuration. (eg)

[mySwitch] mac-authentication domain <name-of-domain>

and then you can, per interface enable it using:

[mySwitch-GigabitEthernet1/0/1] mac-authentication domain <name-of-domain>

I'm not sure if this is what you're looking for, but I got a bit confused because you wrote MAC-authentication and configured 802.1X

Regards