As an authentication standard for wired networks, 802.1X has a happy side effect when used with WLANs: It gives you per-user, per-session WEP keys. As an authentication standard for wired networks, ...

Implementing and supporting 802.1X authentication on your network can be a challenge, but here are some tips that can help save you some time, money, and frustration. 1. Consider a Free or Low-Cost ...

Is there such a beast? I've got a heterogenious environment (Linux, Windows, Solaris, VMware) with laptops, workstations and servers, and it's time to implement 802.1x. I'll probably start with the ...

So, one of the things I have to deal with is having multiple vlans that must be assigned at the switches everytime we install a new workstation. (We support many customers on our switching fabric, and ...

In the network access control products we tested, authentication varies from very strong to very weak, and every point in-between. When starting down your path of evaluating NAC products, decide very ...

Recently, T-Mobile announced that they are the firstU.S. Wireless carrier to implement 802.1x (IEEE port-based authenticationalso known asDot1x). This is a huge improvement in the security and ...