A comparison of EAP relay and EAP termination

EAP relay

• Supports various EAP authentication methods.

• The configuration and processing is simple on the network access device

The RADIUS server must support the EAP-Message and Message-Authenticator attributes, and the EAP authentication method used by the client.

EAP termination

Works with any RADIUS server that supports PAP or CHAP authentication.

• Supports only MD5-Challenge EAP authentication and the "username + password" EAP authentication initiated by an HPE iNode 802.1X client.

• The processing is complex on the network access device.