Can Linux works as 802.1X authenticator in bridge mode ?

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I want to create a lab for my students with netkit (a network emulator based on 802.1X) to study 802.1X. I can create the authentication server (FreeRadius) and configure the client with XSupplicant connected by a switch (a Linux in bridge mode). I'm looking to a way to configure the switch as Authenticator, i.e.:

when the client is connected, the switch only forwards EAP packets to the authentication server.
then the switch lets the user access to the local network when the authentication server authorizes the client.

At the present time there is a lot of documentation to do this with a wireless point but no one for a switch. Does anyone have an idea or know the good software for it ?

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