Authentication issues on ethernet port

will888 · 09-22-2014, 10:19 AM

Hi Wim,

My office has just installed a whole bunch (~ 100 for hotdesking) of Targus USB3 docks (ACP71) and we're having a similar problem with 802.1x authentication.

When the new network adaptor is created by Windows for the dock's ethernet (new MAC address) port, how does Windows know what the default authentication settings are? Eg, Does it simply copy the built-in adaptors' properties or create new settings (like which certificate can be used to authenticate) from scratch?

The user experience is quite poor in that manual intervention is required to get staff online. It should be simple plug and plug, but many users are deciding to use their laptop's built in ethernet adaptor as that's already configured correctly for 802.1x

Will

09-22-2014, 10:19 AM	#7
will888 Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 2	Hi Wim, My office has just installed a whole bunch (~ 100 for hotdesking) of Targus USB3 docks (ACP71) and we're having a similar problem with 802.1x authentication. When the new network adaptor is created by Windows for the dock's ethernet (new MAC address) port, how does Windows know what the default authentication settings are? Eg, Does it simply copy the built-in adaptors' properties or create new settings (like which certificate can be used to authenticate) from scratch? The user experience is quite poor in that manual intervention is required to get staff online. It should be simple plug and plug, but many users are deciding to use their laptop's built in ethernet adaptor as that's already configured correctly for 802.1x Will