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Figure 1-3 EAPOL packet format

z PAE Ethernet type: Protocol type. It takes the value 0x888E.

z Protocol version: Version of the EAPOL protocol supported by the EAPOL packet sender.

z Type: Type of the EAPOL packet. Table 1-1 lists the types that the device currently supports.

Table 1-1 Types of EAPOL packets

Type Description

EAP-Packet (a value of 0x00)

A packet of this type is repackaged and

transferred by RADIUS on the device to get

through complex networks to reach the

authentication server.

EAPOL-Start (a value of 0x01)

Packet for initiating authentication, present

between a client and a device.

EAPOL-Logoff (a value of 0x02)

Packet for logoff request, present between a client

and a device.

z Length: Length of the data, that is, length of the Packet body field, in bytes. If the value of this field

is 0, no subsequent data field is present.

z Packet body: Content of the packet. The format of this field varies with the value of the Type field.

EAP Packet Format

An EAPOL packet of the type of EAP-Packet carries an EAP packet in its Packet body field. The format

of the EAP packet is shown in Figure 1-4

Figure 1-4 EAP packet format

015

Code

Data

Length

Identifier

z Code: Type of the EAP packet, which can be Request, Response, Success, or Failure.

An EAP packet of the type of Success or Failure has no Data field, and has a length of 4.

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