3com WX3000 Manuel D’Utilisation

 

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As an integrated solution, an endpoint admission defense (EAD) solution can improve the overall 

defense power of a network. In real applications, however, deploying EAD clients proves to be 

time-consuming and inconvenient.  

The device enables the quick deployment of EAD clients by implementing mandatory EAD client 

distribution through 802.1x authentication.  

The device implements quick EAD deployment by leveraging the following two functions to enable 

mandatory EAD client distribution: 

Before passing 802.1x authentication, a user is restricted (through ACLs) to a specific range of IP 

addresses or a specific server. Services like EAD client upgrading/download and dynamic address 

assignment are available on the specific server. 

Whenever a user accesses the Internet through the Internet Explorer (IE) before passing 802.1x 

authentication, the device redirects the user to a predefined URL, such as the EAD client download 

interface. 

With the above two functions of quick EAD deployment, the device redirects all users to a server to 

download and install the EAD client, resolving the EAD client deployment problem.  

 

The quick EAD deployment feature takes effect only when the authorization mode of an 802.1x-enabled 

port is set to auto. 

 

z 

Enable 802.1x on the device. 

z 

Set the port authorization mode to auto for 802.1x-enabled ports.