Tagged: 802.1X

14 October 2026 CloudVision AGNI SD-Branch Arista Campus 802.1X EAP-TLS NAC

Arista SD-Branch Part 8: Wired 802.1X and MAB Policy with AGNI on EOS

The wired access policy end to end: EOS 802.1X and MAC-based authentication config, an EAP-TLS network with MAC fallback in AGNI, and the commands to verify a session from the switch and the platform.
14 October 2026 CloudVision AGNI SD-Branch Arista Campus Wireless 802.1X UPSK

Arista SD-Branch Part 9: Wireless EAP-TLS, UPSK and Guest Portal Policy with AGNI

Wireless access policy with AGNI and CV-CUE: RadSec for access points, an EAP-TLS SSID, UPSK for IoT, and a captive-portal guest SSID with VXLAN tunnelling. Documented from Arista's published lab material.
17 August 2026 Networking Security Port Security 802.1X Cisco Fortinet Juniper Arista

Five Minutes and an Empty Port Part 10: The Closing Checklist and a Vendor Comparison

Closing the series: a practical checklist pulling Parts 7 through 9 together, and a straight comparison of how Cisco, Fortinet, Juniper, and Arista actually implement each control.
17 August 2026 Networking Security 802.1X NAC Cisco ISE Fortinet

Five Minutes and an Empty Port Part 8: 802.1X, MAB, and the NAC Platforms Behind the Curtain

Port security answers whether a device is the one already learned on a port. 802.1X and the NAC platforms behind it answer the harder question: whether this specific identity, on this specific device, should be on the network at all.