First of all, what is 802.1x?
IEEE 802.1X is an IEEE Standard for port-based Network Access Control (PNAC). It is part of the IEEE 802.1 group of networking protocols. It provides an authentication mechanism to devices wishing to attach to a LAN or WLAN.
Test Configuration:
Under the tls section change the private_key_password to spirent tls { # # These is used to simplify later configurations. # certdir = $ /certs cadir = $ /certs private_key_password = spirent private_key_file = $ /server.pem
[root@radius8021x certs]# ps aux | grep radiusd root 8643 0.0 0.0 103252 832 pts/1 S+ 16:45 0:00 grep radiusd radiusd 21533 0.0 0.3 101632 5948 ? S Mar01 0:04 radiusd -X <------------------- the Radius server is running in debug mode