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Layer 2/3 switching: Trouble Implementing RADIUS via Windows NPS to authenticate login

james_schena
New Contributor II

Looking for the SME out there that has the information regarding implementing Windows NPS as a small to medium scale version of RADIUS authentication. I have found snips here and there of pieces of the puzzle but they don't seem to be coming together correctly to properly authenticate. This is what I have so far:


-NPS Service is started and registered with AD

-RADIUS client is added with "friendly Name" and IP

-Switch has the following aaa commands:

aaa authentication enable default radius enable
aaa authentication login default radius local
aaa authentication login privilege-mode
aaa authorization exec default radius
aaa accounting commands 0 default start-stop radius

radius-server x.x.x.x

radius-server key test


I have tried several Network policies and configurations that I found online, but nothing seems to be the key to the castle.


I am currently getting access denied statements from the switch and NPS logs are saying an unauthorized IP  is attempting to access the NPS with code 13 listed.


Any assistance is appreciated.

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