ABC Company is planning a point-to-multipoint outdoor bridge deployment with standalone (autonomous) 802.11 bridge units. 802.1X/EAP will be used for…

The device in the bridge implementation that acts as the 802.1X Authenticator is the root bridge. The

root bridge is the bridge that connects to the wired network and acts as the central point for all other

bridges in the point-to-multipoint topology. The root bridge authenticates the non-root bridges using

802.1X/EAP and forwards their authentication requests to the RADIUS server. The non-root bridges

act as the 802.1X Supplicants and use EAP methods such as EAP-TLS or EAP-PEAP to authenticate

with the root bridge. Reference: [CWNP Certified Wireless Network Administrator Official Study

Guide: Exam CWNA-109], page 459; [Cisco Aironet Wireless Bridges FAQ],