Post-authentication VLAN Movement

After the supplicant has been successfully authenticated and the port has been moved to a VLAN (Virtual LAN), the supplicant can move to a VLAN other than the one it was authenticated on.

This occurs when the switch receives an Access-Accept message from the RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial In User Service) server with a VSA that defines a new VLAN. The supplicant remains authenticated during this transition. This occurs on both untagged and tagged VLANs. For example, suppose a supplicant submits the required credentials for network access; however, it is not running the current, approved anti-virus software or it does not have the appropriate software updates installed. If this occurs, the supplicant is authenticated but has limited network access until the problem is resolved. After you update the supplicant‘s anti-virus software, or install the software updates, the RADIUS server re-authenticates the supplicant by sending ACCESS-ACCEPT messages with the accompanying VLAN attributes, thereby allowing the supplicant to enter its permanent VLAN with full network access.