Bouncing switch port after 802.1x COA VLAN change

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Bouncing switch port after 802.1x COA VLAN change

Team,

 

I am issue COA messages to an MS-220 switch to change the VLAN.  The VLAN is changing fine which is great.  However, the port needs to bounce to trigger a DHCP renew.  I can't seem to find anything on how to do that. 

 

I am following these two articles:

https://documentation.meraki.com/MS/Port_and_VLAN_Configuration/Dynamic_VLAN_assignment_via_802.1X_(...

 

 

https://documentation.meraki.com/MS/Access_Control/Change_of_Authorization_with_RADIUS_(CoA)_on_MS_S...

Change of Authorization is used to change client authorizations in the following use cases:

  • Reauthenticate RADIUS Clients
    Changing the VLAN for an existing client session when authentication via Wired 802.1x or MAC Authentication Bypass (MAB) is possible using CoA.  A port bounce will force the client to re-authenticate and assign the new VLAN.  

 

Any Suggestions?

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PhilipDAth
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I tested this today using the Microsoft NPS server and having it return a new VLAN did indeed cause the port to bounce and the client got a DHCP from the new VLAN.

 

I tested this using firmware MS 10.18.

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PhilipDAth
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Perhaps try 10.19.  I have not tested that specific feature, but everything else is working good for me in that code release.

PhilipDAth
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I thought about this further.

 

Do you actually need to change the VLAN, or could you simply push a different group policy to use, and thus change the users access?

PhilipDAth
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Kind of a big deal

I tested this today using the Microsoft NPS server and having it return a new VLAN did indeed cause the port to bounce and the client got a DHCP from the new VLAN.

 

I tested this using firmware MS 10.18.

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