The county health campus wants posture checks before full staff VLAN access on Wi-Fi. Where does NAC belong in that architecture?
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Short Explanation
Think of 802.1X as proving identity and NAC as the health check before you get the good hallway key. On municipal Wi-Fi, NAC sits in that authorization path so sick or unmanaged devices land in quarantine instead of the staff VLAN. Pretty portals and spectrum tools are not that gate.
Full Explanation
NAC integrates with 802.1X WLAN authentication so authorization can incorporate posture or compliance results. After identity is established, NAC policy can assign full access, limited access, or remediation VLANs. NAC does not replace link-layer encryption, and guest branding or spectrum analysis alone are not admission control.