Lightware Visual Engineering has released firmware with the support of Port Based Network Access Control implemented by the 802.1X authentication protocol, which gives the Taurus UCX and MMX2 access to the protected network after successful authentication using EAP-MD5 or EAP-TLS.
In 802.1X protocol UCX or MMX2 as a Supplicant is usually involving two other parties for network access: authenticator (network switch) and an authentication server (e.g. RADIUS).
Before the device is permitted on the network, port communication is restricted to Extensible Authentication Protocol over LAN (EAPOL) traffic. If the device passes through the whole process, then the authentication server notifies the switch, allowing the client to access the LAN.
Taurus UCX and MMX2 can preserve device configuration after the firmware upgrade from v2.1 and above, including the 802.1x certificates for successful authentication. For security reasons sensitive data (e. g. passwords or certificates) are not included in the Taurus UCX / MMX2 configuration backup.
Another significant change was the hardening of the password change functionality by enforcing to enter the old password. Furthermore, the LARA v1.1.5 has been integrated into Taurus UCX Firmware v2.1.
We encourage you to update your Taurus UCX & MMX2 devices today to take advantage of the above features right away.
You can get this done quickly and easily by using our Lightware Device Updater 2 application.
You can learn more about these highlighted features through a relevant User Manual via the following link:
Head to our download center and get your necessary update files there.
