Adding 802.1x features to a switch driver

Stefan Rompf stefan at loplof.de
Tue Aug 15 15:49:03 EDT 2006


Hi,

Am Donnerstag, 10. August 2006 23:39 schrieb Florian Fainelli:

> I don't really understand why 802.1x reauthentication could not be achieved
> ? Is it because of the above limitations ? If so, could you be a little bit
> more specific ?

I've been possibly wrong. I thought EAPOL frames could only be sent to the 
assigned group address (making the reauthentication request visible for all 
stations on the VLAN), but it seems it can also be unicasted.

Stefan



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