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In Pictures: 8 no cost/low cost tools for deploying 802.1X security

Implementing and supporting 802.1X authentication on your network can be a challenge, but here are some tools that can help.

FreeRADIUS server

For small and midsize networks, you don't have to spend a fortune on a RADIUS server. First check if your router platform, directory service, or any other server provides RADIUS for you already. If your current servers don't provide RADIUS functionality, check out FreeRADIUS, a free, open source tool that can run on Linux and other Unix-like OSs. It can serve anywhere from a dozen to millions of users and requests.

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