802.1x Authentication is used to provide a Robust security network association. In 802.1x Authentication, we need to understand the below terminology. 1) Supplicant 2) Authenticator 3) Authentication Server The user device and the Authenticator use Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) for communication. The Authenticator and the Authentication server use the R emote Authentication Dial-In User Service (Radius) protocol for communication. Supplicant: