title: Support for 802.1x Authentication in a device not supporting it earlier
body: <p>I am working on an embedded system with linux kernel 2.6.10 which is not supporting 802.1x authentication mode in wired network. It will be helpful if there are any specific pointers on how to proceed to have this authentication. And wanted to know whether it is sufficient to change kernel level driver (upgrade it) or will it need changes from the Application layer also? (Atleast from the protocol specifications about IEEE 802.1x my understanding is this authentication happens at lower layer itself)
  Thanks in Advance.</p>