Question 51 · 654 in bank
An administrator is adding a new switch onto the network and has configured AAA for network access control. When testing the configuration, the RADIUS authenticates to Cisco ISE but is being rejected. Why is the ip radius source-interface command needed for this configuration?
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Answer: A
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I would go with A When configuring AAA for network access control, the ip radius source-interface command is needed to specify the interface that the switch uses to send RADIUS requests to the server. The source interface is important because it determines the IP address that is used as the NAS-IP-Address attribute in the RADIUS packet. If the RADIUS server is configured to only accept requests that originate from a specific NAS IP address, then the switch must use that address as the source for its requests, or the authentication will fail. This is often the case in enterprise networks where strict access controls are in place. Therefore, the ip radius source-interface command is needed to ensure that the switch sends RADIUS requests from the correct IP address and that the RADIUS server will accept them. Without this command, the authentication may fail or be rejected by the RADIUS server.
Source: Adapted from community discussion — loser4fun
