802.1x Critical Authentication feature 12.2(25)SEE

The critical authentication feature does not seem to work. Port does not move to authorized state if RADIUS (ACS) server is not available. In fact, it even seems to break the Authentication Fail VLAN functionality.
If RADIUS server is not available and user/machine tries to authenticate, the port fails authentication and remains in unauthorized state and does not even move to AuthFail VLAN.
Any ideas?

dot1x and aaa related switch configuration follows:
Global Config:
aaa new-model
aaa group server radius acsrad
server A.B.C.D auth-port 1645 acct-port 1646
server W.X.Y.Z auth-port 1645 acct-port 1646
aaa group server tacacs+ acstac
server A.B.C.D
server W.X.Y.Z
aaa authentication login default group acstac local
aaa authentication dot1x default group acsrad
aaa authorization exec default group acstac if-authenticated
aaa authorization network default group acsrad if-authenticated
aaa accounting update periodic 5
aaa nas port extended
aaa session-id common
tacacs-server host A.B.C.D key 7 XXXXXXXXXXX
tacacs-server host W.X.Y.Z key 7 XXXXXXXXX
tacacs-server directed-request
radius-server dead-criteria time 5 tries 2
radius-server host A.B.C.D auth-port 1645 acct-port 1646 test username XXXX idle-time 1 key 7 XXXXXXXXXX
radius-server host W.X.Y.Z auth-port 1645 acct-port 1646 test username XXXX idle-time 1 key 7 XXXXXXXXXXXX
radius-server source-ports 1645-1646
radius-server deadtime 1
radius-server vsa send authentication
dot1x system-auth-control
dot1x critical recovery delay 2000
dot1x critical eapol
Interface configuration:
switchport access vlan x1
switchport mode access
dot1x critical recovery action reinitialize
dot1x pae authenticator
dot1x port-control auto
dot1x timeout quiet-period 30
dot1x timeout server-timeout 5
dot1x reauthentication
dot1x guest-vlan x2
dot1x auth-fail vlan x2
dot1x critical vlan 101
arp timeout 60
spanning-tree portfast
================================
I have tried making the critical vlan to be the same as the access vlan as well as the Auth-Fail vlan but the results are same.

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I would like to know if it's possible to configure 802.1x using authentication from NT Domain Controller, instead of using Radius or Tacacs.

It is possible to use MS AD, generic LDAP, Novell NDS for authentication, it's fairly common.
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You can configure RADIUS to pull authentication from a variety of source (depending on the RADIUS - many/most can use any of the LDAP-based systems).
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Hi. I have a customer who wants to perform 802.1x machine authentication only to prevent users connecting there own devices to the corporate network. The machine credentials will be authenticated via Cisco ACS which will proxy the authentication to ActiveDirectory. If successful, the 802.1x assigns the port to a VLAN. At this point, the port is 'opened up' and the user can recieve an IP address and can then login to the domain as normal (AD username/password) via the network login screen. Is this a workable solution?
I basically want the end user to not notice anything new, but 802.1x operates in the background to authenticate the machine before displaying the network login box. To the user, the PC boots and displays the login box and they login as normal :-) If they bring in their own device, it will fail 802.1x machine authentication and will not get any access.
Has anyone implemented this? Is it a feasible design?
Thanks
Darren

Hi Darren,
good news for you.. you can do this using the "Machine Access Restriction" on both ACS 4.x and ACS 5.x:
* ACS 5.x:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/customer/docs/net_mgmt/cisco_secure_access_control_system/5.2/user/guide/users_id_stores.html#wp1254965
* ACS 4.x:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/customer/docs/net_mgmt/cisco_secure_access_control_server_for_windows/4.2.1/User_Guide/UsrDb.html#wp354105
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Depending on whether a client performed or not Machine Authentication before, you can decide whether to assign a sort of restricted access/guest VLAN or to deny access.
If the personal client doesn't have a 802.1x supplicant at all, then you can decide to enable the guest vlan feature on the switch itself.
I hope this helps.
Regards,
Federico
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ISE 1.3 Why are Windows endpoints defaulting to 802.1x machine authentication in wireless profile and not User or User&Computer

We are running ISE 1.3 tied to AD with WLC 7.6.130.0. Our ISE has a GoDaddy (none wildcard) certificate loaded for https and EAP. We are just running PEAP. We have a mix of IOS, Android, and Windows 7/8 devices. IOS and Android devices can self create a wireless profile and after entering credentials can connect without issue. Our Windows 7/8 devices, when auto creating a wireless profile are selecting 802.1x machine authentication instead of User authentication or the best option which is machine or user authentication. This is problematic as we do allow for machine authentication but have an authorization rule limiting machine auth to domain controller and ISE connectivity only. This is to allow domain Windows 7/8 devices to have domain connectivity prior to user sign-in but force user auth to get true network connectivity. The problem is why are the Windows devices not auto setting to user authentication (as I think they did when we ran ISE1.2), or the best option which is to allow both types of authentication? I have limited authentication protocols to just EAP CHAP and moved the machine auth profile to the bottom of the list. Neither have helped. I also notice that the Windows 7/8 endpoints have to say allow connectivity several times even though we are using a global and should be trusted certificate authority (probably a separate issue).
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Hi All,
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I am investigating implementing 802.1x port authentication on our network.
I have a test LAN with a Catalyst 2950 switch and 2 Win XP workstations, (I know its pretty basic, but should be enough for testing purposes). One of these XP PCs is running a Win32 RADIUS server and the other has been configured for 802.1x authentication with MD5-Challenge. Both switch ports are configured for the default vlan and can ping each other.
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NAS address [x.x.x.x]
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Calling-Station-Id = 11-00-11-00-11-00
Service-Type = Framed
Framed-MTU = 1500
State = 0x3170020000FCB47C00
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Message-Authenticator = 0xA119F2FD6E7384F093A5EE1BF4F761EC
Client address [x.x.x.x]
NAS address [x.x.x.x]
UniqueID=4
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User = Administrator
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Length = 0
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*Mar 2 01:58:38: dot1x-ev:Username is Administrator
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*Mar 2 01:58:38: dot1x-ev:Enqueued the response to BackEnd
*Mar 2 01:58:38: dot1x-ev:Sent to Bend
*Mar 2 01:58:38: dot1x-ev:Received QUEUE EVENT in response to AAA Request
*Mar 2 01:58:38: dot1x-ev:Dot1x matching request-response found
*Mar 2 01:58:38: dot1x-ev:Length of recv eap packet from radius = 26
*Mar 2 01:58:38: dot1x-ev:Received VLAN Id -1
Again there doesnt appear to be a password, shouldn't I see one?
Ultimately we will be using a Unix RADIUS server but for testing purposes I have just configured an eval version of Clearbox's RADIUS server. I've tried others as I thought the problem maybe the software, but I get similar problems regardless. If anyone can recommend better Win32 software, please do so.
I'm struggling to figure out where the problem is, the XP machine, the switch or the RADIUS server. Any advice would be appreciated as it's getting quite frustrating.

These are dot1x event debugs, so you wouldn't see this with that debug. The closest thing to seeing it would be to debug radius on the switch, and the password would be contained in RADIUS Attribute[79]. The switch uses this attribute to replay the EAP message (unmodified) to a RADIUS server. You might see it, but it's encrytped, so it might not buy you much. I'm sure you can imagine from a security point of view why the switch won't/shouldn't have this much visibility into this ;-).
I would recommend either:
a) Double-checking your RADIUS setup and logs to find out why the user failed. (double-check the RADIUS key configured on the switch too .. it must match).
b) Downloading a third-party supplicant from Meetinghouse or Funk to use as a control.
Eval copies are available on their websites.
Hope this helps,

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This issue only occurs intermittently, but have been proven to occur only when Lync 2010 is open. If we close Lync 2010 the issue does not occur. Lync 2010 installs a self signed USER certificate for authentication.
I am aware that there are some issues around Windows 7 not selecting the correct certificate when responding to authentication requests (KB2710995,
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Hi,
From the description, you suspect the DHCP request cause this issue. Would you please send us the packets? Since it seems that you have looked into the traffic and found some clues.
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802.1x port authentication and Windows Radius, possible?

Hello,
I'm just testing at the moment before implementing on our netowrk, but has anyone implemented 802.1x port authentication on there Cisco switch and used a Windows IAS server? See out users are all all on a Windows domain and I want to authenticate using their active directory credentials. I think I am fine with the switch config, but it is the Windows IAS/Raduis server. I have added the switch IP's and secret, but I need to create a policy to accept the domain users and need help.
Thanks

Andy:
Yes of course you can use whatever radius server as a AAA server for 802.1x authentication on the switches. NPS, IAS, ACS, Open RADIUS ....etc.
If you have problem with configuring the IAS then I would suggest that you post your quesiton in a microsoft forum and not here. They would be able to better assist you with your issue. But you can still look somewhere in this forum or in google to help yourself.
See this link, it could be useful for you: https://supportforums.cisco.com/thread/2090403
Regards,
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802.1x & windows Authentication

Hi There, Any body has implemented 802.1x port authentication with ACS & windows AD. which authentication is supported in this kind of setup ms-chap or MD5 or PEAP (on the clients).
and what are the challenges if windows user accounts password changed frequently..
can any body explain adv & dis adv of 802.1x before I deploy it in network..

There's a decent guide in the ACS 4.2 documentation on enabling machine access (chapter 12). Basically, you just enable it on the client and the ACS server, and POOF! On the client side, you should have a "Authenticate as computer..." option on your wireless networks tab. Wired is the same, unless you are running XP SP3, Vista, or Windows 7 where machine auth is enabled when you enable user auth.
MAB with Guest VLAN *should* work, but I have not configured/tested it. Just be aware that MAF on the ACS side is just another form of auth where the user id and password is the MAC address of the client. For this reason, I recommend you put the MAC "users" in your ACS database, not in AD. Otherwise, you'll probably need to create an AD password group policy object for the user group holding your "mac address user accounts" so that they can have a password that matches their user name.
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/cisco_secure_access_control_server_for_windows/4.2/user/guide/ACSug.pdf

802.1x and Authentication Methods

Hi,
I have ACS 5.2, Cisco 4507 switches and AD domain environment.
Planning on performing only machine authentication and not user authentication.
I have the following type of devices:
1. Windows XP SP3 and higher on the AD Domain
2. Devices to be with installed with third-party supplicants as they natively don't
support 802.1x.
If I ignore device type 2, and only consider device type 1, am I able to simply configure
802.1x for authentication based on machine against AD, without having to use any
certificates at all?
Taken device type 2 into account, given the devices are not on the domain and I don't
want to manually enter details into ACS, will I need to use certificate for authentication?
Thanks

Hi,
> Using PEAP wouldn't I need certificate installed on the ACS? Or can it work without any certificate at all.
[ANS] Yes, you always need certificate on the ACS but it can be a self signed certificate that you can do with 2 clicks on the ACS itself. oc the client machines you have only to make sure that you have the supplicant configured to not "Validate server certificate" so that you do not have any further complication with certs.
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> I was thinking for devices that not on the domain, to load certificate on the machine.
If I were to have both type 1 and 2 devices, would it possible to have domain devices to be authentication using machine authentication against AD and the non domain devices autheticated using certificate installed on each device?
[ANS] Yes, you can. Non domain devices could be authenticated simply by trusting the CA that issued the device certificate. Imagine you have CA "JEDI" issuing the device's certs. You can configure the ACS to validate authentications only by trusting CA "JEDI". When a device tries to connect, it will send the certificate, the ACS simply checks the CA that issued the cert and if it is trusted, it will accept the authentication.
In this scenario, you will need to use an authnetication method which uses clients certs for authneitcation like EAP-TLS.
HTH,
Tiago
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Help Please :) LInksys WRVS4400N 802.1X port authentication setup

HI all,
I am trying to configure 802.1X port authentication on my Linksys WRVS4400N. I created a test lab in order to do this, currently I am using
1x Linksys WRVS4400N
1x Microsoft Server 2003 with IAS and Active Directory services
1x Dell Laptop (Used for testing Radius Athentication)
I Created 4 VLAN(s) to test with this LAB
VLAN 1 Managament. Addr Range 192.168.1.0 /24. GW 192.168.1.254
VLAN 10 Servers. Addr Range 172.16.1.0 /24. GW 172.16.1.254
VLAN 20 IT. Addr Range 172.16.2.0 /24. GW 172.16.2.254
VLAN 30 Design. Addr Range 172.16.3.0 /24. GW 172.16.3.254
This is how I assigned my VLAN(s) to my ports. This is found on the VLAN & Port Assignment Screen
Port 1 -> Mode: General -> Frame Type: All -> PVID 1 (Port 1 is used for VLAN 1: Management)
Port 2 -> Mode: General -> Frame Type: All -> PVID 10 (Port 2 is used for VLAN 20: Servers)
Port 3 -> Mode: Access -> Frame Type: All (Port 3 is used for RADIUS. DHCP enabled)
Port 4 -> Mode: Access -> Frame Type: All (Port 4 is used for RADIUS. DHCP enabled)
VLAN 1: Default
Port 1: Untagged, Port 2: Tagged, Port(s): 3, 4 & Wireless: Excluded
VLAN 10: Servers
Port(s): 1, 3, 4 & Wireless: Excluded. Port 2: Untagged
VLAN 20: IT
Port(s): 1, 2: Excluded, Port(s): 3,4 & Wireless: Untagged
VLAN 30: Design
Port(s): 1, 2: Excluded, Port(s): 3,4 & Wireless: Untagged
This is how my Radius is setup
Mode: Enabled
RADIUS IP: 172.16.1.1 (IP of the WIN2K3 Server)
UDP Port: 1812
Secret: Password1
Port(s) 1 & 2: Force Authorized
Port(s) 3 & 4: Force UnAuthorized
On the Server this is what I have configured
1. Created a domain: GLAB. Created two groups: IT LAN, Design LAN, then assigned users to those groups. IE: User1 belongs to IT LAN
2. Created a IAS Remote Access Policy and named it IT LAN. The profile settings are listed below
Tunnel-Medium-Type: 802
Tunnel-PVT-Group-ID: 20
Tunnel-Type: Virtual LAN
My goal is to test RADIUS authentication on ports 3 and 4 on the Linksys WRV . I tested everything else I made sure the VLAN's were working ok so what I did was took a Dell Laptop and joined it to my domain. I pluged the Dell Laptop into port 4 to test Radius Authentication. When I tried to log in as User1 it didn't work.
I am new to setting up 802.1X, I wanted to know if I missed a setting or I misconfigured something. I even ran wireshark on my Windows 2003 machine to see if any RADIUS data is coming from my router (172.16.1.254) and I didn't see anything
If anybody can help me out that would be great!
Cheers
Graham

1. I don't think the WRVS4400N supports RADIUS assigned VLANs. I can't find anything in the manual suggesting it would. I would say you can only use the RADIUS server for authentication on a port but the VLAN must be configured before.
2. You don't write what is exactly connected to each port on the WRVS. For instance, it is unclear whether the MS Server is connected directly to port 2 or whether it connects to another switch to which you have connected other servers as well.
3. The VLAN configuration looks very odd to me. If I see it correctly you have:
Port 1: General mode, PVID 1, 1U
Port 2: General mode, PVID 10, 1T, 10U
Port 3: Access mode, PVID ???, 20U, 30U
Port 4: Access mode, PVID ???, 20U, 30U
I wonder why you are even able to set this up...
a. Port 1 should be set to Access mode with PVID 1 and 1U. With access mode the port is member of a single VLAN and all traffic is untagged. That is exactly what you have set up, but with General mode.
b. Port 2 must be connected to a server (or a managed switch). The NIC in the server must be configured for 802.1q tagged frames. On the server NIC you must configure VLAN 1 as tagged VLAN and VLAN 10 as default/native/untagged VLAN. Only then the server is able to communicate on VLAN 1 and VLAN 10.
c. Port 3&4 are in access mode. In access mode the port can only be member of a single VLAN. What you post suggests that they are member of two VLANs. That should not even be possible to configure. If it is possible, that it is definitively incorrect. You must decide to which VLAN these ports belong to.
4. To use RADIUS authentication on a port you must set it to "Auto". "Force UnAuthorized" sets it unauthorized, i.a.W. you disable the port completely. To traffic will go through. See the manual: "Force Unauthorized—Controlled port state is set to Force-Unauthorized (discard traffic). All connections are blocked."
5. Did you verify that your RADIUS server is actually using port 1812? 1645 is also commonly used for radius authentication. Check the configuration on the RADIUS server or check with "netstat -a" to see if 1812 is used.
6. Also check, whether the RADIUS traffic is sent on the management VLAN 1. The WRVS uses VLAN 1 as management VLAN and it might well be that it expects the RADIUS server to be in the management VLAN. Use the server IP address in VLAN 1 as RADIUS server IP address to check that.
7. Did you check with wireshark the traffic on the 802.1x client machine? Does it send something out? Does it receive anything?

VPN Tunnel w/ 802.1X port authentication against remote RADIUS server

I have a Cisco 892 setup as a VPN client connecting to an ASA 5515-X. The tunnel works fine and comes up if theirs correct traffic. I have two RADIUS servers I want to use certificate based authentication to, that are located behind the ASA 5515-X.
If I connect a computer that has the correct certificates to ports FA0 through 3, authentication won't work. I'll see the following. This happens even if the VPN tunnel is established already by doing something such as connecting a VOIP phone. No entrys are located in the RADIUS logs, and I also cannot ping the RADIUS servers from VLAN10.
*Jan 30 19:46:01.435: %RADIUS-4-RADIUS_DEAD: RADIUS server 192.168.1.100:1812,1813 is not responding.
*Jan 30 19:46:01.435: %RADIUS-4-RADIUS_ALIVE: RADIUS server 192.168.1.100:1812,1813 is being marked alive.
*Jan 30 19:46:21.659: %RADIUS-4-RADIUS_DEAD: RADIUS server 192.168.26.10:1812,1813 is not responding.
*Jan 30 19:46:21.659: %RADIUS-4-RADIUS_ALIVE: RADIUS server 192.168.26.10:1812,1813 is being marked alive.
If I connect a second PC to an interface with 802.1X disabled, such as FA6, the VPN tunnel will establish itself correctly. In this situation, I can ping the RADIUS servers from VLAN10. If I go ahead and connect another PC with correct certificates to a port with 802.1X enabled such as port FA0 through 3, then 802.1X will suceed.
Current configuration : 6199 bytes
! Last configuration change at 15:40:11 EST Mon Feb 3 2014 by
version 15.2
service timestamps debug datetime msec
service timestamps log datetime msec
no service password-encryption
hostname router1
boot-start-marker
boot-end-marker
aaa new-model
aaa local authentication default authorization default
aaa authentication login default local
aaa authentication dot1x default group radius
aaa authorization network default group radius
aaa session-id common
clock timezone EST -5 0
clock summer-time EDT recurring
ip cef
ip dhcp pool pool
import all
network 192.168.28.0 255.255.255.248
bootfile PXEboot.com
default-router 192.168.28.1
dns-server 192.168.26.10 192.168.1.100 8.8.8.8 4.2.2.2
domain-name domain.local
option 66 ip 192.168.23.10
option 67 ascii PXEboot.com
option 150 ip 192.168.23.10
lease 0 2
ip dhcp pool phonepool
network 192.168.28.128 255.255.255.248
default-router 192.168.28.129
dns-server 192.168.26.10 192.168.1.100
option 150 ip 192.168.1.132
domain-name domain.local
lease 0 2
ip dhcp pool guestpool
network 10.254.0.0 255.255.255.0
dns-server 8.8.8.8 4.2.2.2
domain-name local
default-router 10.254.0.1
lease 0 2
no ip domain lookup
ip domain name remote.domain.local
no ipv6 cef
multilink bundle-name authenticated
license udi pid CISCO892-K9
dot1x system-auth-control
username somebody privilege 15 password 0 password
redundancy
crypto isakmp policy 1
encr aes 256
authentication pre-share
group 5
crypto isakmp key secretpassword address 123.123.123.123
crypto ipsec transform-set pix-set esp-aes 256 esp-sha-hmac
mode tunnel
crypto map pix 10 ipsec-isakmp
set peer 123.123.123.123
set transform-set pix-set
match address 110
interface BRI0
no ip address
encapsulation hdlc
shutdown
isdn termination multidrop
interface FastEthernet0
switchport access vlan 10
switchport voice vlan 11
no ip address
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dot1x pae authenticator
spanning-tree portfast
interface FastEthernet1
switchport access vlan 10
switchport voice vlan 11
no ip address
authentication port-control auto
dot1x pae authenticator
spanning-tree portfast
interface FastEthernet2
switchport access vlan 10
switchport voice vlan 11
no ip address
authentication port-control auto
dot1x pae authenticator
spanning-tree portfast
interface FastEthernet3
switchport access vlan 10
switchport voice vlan 11
no ip address
authentication port-control auto
dot1x pae authenticator
spanning-tree portfast
interface FastEthernet4
switchport access vlan 10
switchport voice vlan 11
no ip address
spanning-tree portfast
interface FastEthernet5
switchport access vlan 12
switchport voice vlan 11
no ip address
spanning-tree portfast
interface FastEthernet6
switchport access vlan 10
switchport voice vlan 11
no ip address
spanning-tree portfast
interface FastEthernet7
switchport access vlan 10
switchport voice vlan 11
no ip address
authentication port-control auto
dot1x pae authenticator
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interface FastEthernet8
no ip address
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interface GigabitEthernet0
ip address dhcp
ip nat outside
ip virtual-reassembly in
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crypto map pix
interface Vlan1
no ip address
interface Vlan10
ip address 192.168.28.1 255.255.255.248
ip nat inside
ip virtual-reassembly in
interface Vlan11
ip address 192.168.28.129 255.255.255.248
interface Vlan12
ip address 10.254.0.1 255.255.255.0
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ip virtual-reassembly in
ip forward-protocol nd
ip http server
ip http authentication local
ip http secure-server
ip nat inside source list 101 interface GigabitEthernet0 overload
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 dhcp
ip radius source-interface Vlan10
ip sla auto discovery
access-list 101 deny ip 192.168.28.0 0.0.0.255 192.168.0.0 0.0.255.255
access-list 101 permit ip 192.168.28.0 0.0.0.255 any
access-list 101 permit ip 10.254.0.0 0.0.0.255 any
access-list 110 permit ip 192.168.28.0 0.0.0.255 192.168.0.0 0.0.255.255
access-list 110 permit ip 192.168.29.0 0.0.0.255 192.168.0.0 0.0.255.255
radius-server host 192.168.1.100 auth-port 1812 acct-port 1813 key secretkey
radius-server host 192.168.26.10 auth-port 1812 acct-port 1813 key secretkey
control-plane
mgcp profile default
line con 0
line aux 0
line vty 0 4
transport input all
ntp source FastEthernet0
ntp server 192.168.26.10
ntp server 192.168.1.100
end

I have 802.1X certificate authentication enabled on the computers. As described in my post above, authentication will work if theirs another device on the same VLAN that is connected to a port that bypasses authentication. It seems like I have a chicken and egg scenario, a device needs to be sucessfully connected to VLAN10 before the router will use it's VLAN10 interface to communicate with my remote RADIUS server.

Radius server for 802.1x port authentication

Does anybody know if CiscoSecure for Unix version 2.3.6.2 can be used as a Radius server for 802.1x port authentication? I know the Windows version will do this and can be configured to assign a user to a specific VLAN, but can the UNIX software do the same?
Thanks

Check connectivity between the PIX and the server.
If the server is outside the PIX, verify that it is specified in the (if_name) parameter of the aaa-server command. In the example below, the (if_name) parameter represents outside.
aaa-server group_tag (if_name) host server_ip key timeout 5
If you are using TACACS+, verify that the PIX and server are communicating on the same port (Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)/49).
If you are using RADIUS, verify that the PIX and server are communicating on User Datagram Protocol (UDP) port 1645. Or, if the RADIUS server is using port 1812, verify that the PIX is using software version 6.0 or later, and then issue the aaa-server radius-authport 1812 command to specify port 1812.
Ensure that the secret key is correct.
Check the server logs for failed attempts. All servers have some kind of logging function.

About TACACS+ and 802.1x port authentication

Hi
Is it true? TACACS+ will not work with 802.1x port authentication because EAP is not supported in TACACS+,
Where to find the documents about Tacacs+ doesn't support EAP?
Regards,
Thanks.

Correct, TACACS does not support EAP, check the following links:
https://cisco.hosted.jivesoftware.com/message/7901
http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1492.txt

802.1x Critical Authentication feature 12.2(25)SEE

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