Know the Difference Between a NAC Client and a 1X Supplicant
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If the supplicant is on a PC or laptop, it may be built in to the operating system, or provided as a 3rd party software. The supplicant is what communicates through the switches to the RADIUS server for authentication and speaks EAP. EAP, the Extensible Authentication Protocol, is what makes 1X. Generally a...





