User Manual

around the site, the other authorities in the group will allow you access to the

network.

A group consists of one or more authorities. Each authority may have one or

more PAC files. A PAC authority can belong to only one group.

To create a new group, click New Group. A group consists of one or more

authority servers that the user trusts. To rename the group, right-click the

group and choose Rename. You can also rename the group by clicking it and

typing the new name.

When you create a new group, you can either import a PAC file into it using the

Import button or you can move a PAC from another group to the new group.

To import a PAC, click Import. The PAC Import window appears. Do the

following:

Click Browse and select a PAC file to import. The default location is

C:/Program Files/Atheros.

Click the PAC file (*.pac) so that it appears in the File name box at the bottom

of the window.

Click Open.

If the Enter Password window appears, enter the PAC file password, which

can be obtained from your system administrator, and click OK.

Note: PAC file passwords are optional. The PAC authority determines whether

to issue PAC files that require user-supplied passwords. Nevertheless, all PAC

files (even those without passwords) are encrypted and protected. PAC file

passwords are different from EAP-FAST passwords and need to be entered

only once, at the time a PAC is imported.

If you try to import a PAC file with the same PAC ID as a previously imported

PAC file, you are asked to update the existing PAC. If you click Yes, the

existing PAC is replaced by the new one from the imported file.

If the PAC file was imported successfully, the following message appears:

"EAP-FAST PAC file was imported and is ready for use." Click OK to return to

the PAC Import window.

Click one of these PAC store options to determine where the imported PAC file

will be stored and by whom it will be accessible:

Global - PACs that are stored in the global PAC store can be accessed and

used by any user at any logon stage. Global PACs are available before or