Using nmcli to configure 802.1x

[jody]

Our university will soon introduce NAC (Network Access Control), and for this i need to configure the ethernet connection on my computer for 802.1x. I intend to use the NetworkManager tool nmcli to do this.
While i know what the possible properties are, which nmcli offers for 802.1x, and know how to set them, i still have some questions:

• once the 802.1x properties are set, do i have to activate them somehow? If yes, how?
  
• will the changes made to a connection be realized even though i don't use NetworkManager to manage my networks?
  
• when is restart my connection with [/etc/init.d/net.enp7s0 start[/b], wil this connection be able do handle 802.1x?
  
• ho do i 'unset' a setting made for a connection?
  

Thanks
Jody

[Zucca]

Hi.

I think your best bet is to read up on RedHat documentation.