Hi, Hi.
I've been reading about 802.1X and have set it up to protect a small (test) wireless network (WinXP supplicant) and all seems to work. I was about to try it with part of our wired (test) network which uses Catalyst 2950 switches when a thought occurred. How do I protect ports which are (normally) connected to printers? Chiefly, how do I protect the network from an interloper who unplugs a printer and connects his own devices?
I considered that all of these ports could be connected to a distinct LAN/VLAN which was firewalled from the main LAN/VLAN but some of the heavier devices have multiple functions printer/copier/scanner/fax with delivery of scans by FTP/SMTP/fax with email notification, so the firewall solution would be non-trivial :-( On a wireless network the problem seems even harder to solve.
How are these devices normally handled?
Steve.