Owner's Manual

your network
administrator
to obtain a
client
certificate for
TLS
authentication.
• TLS EAP and TLS PEAP authentication require a client certificate in the user store for the logged-on user account
and a trusted certification authority (CA) certificate in the root store. Certificates can be obtained from a corporate
certification authority stored on a Windows 2000 Server/Windows Server 2003 system or by using the Internet
Explorer Certificate Import Wizard.
Obtaining a Certificate from Windows 2000 Server/Windows Server 2003
1. Open Microsoft Internet Explorer and browse to the Certificate Authority (CA) HTTP Service.
2. Log on to the CA Authority with the user name and password of the user account created on the
authentication server. This user name and password are not necessarily the same as your Windows user
name and password.
3. On the Welcome page, click Request a Certificate.
4. On the Request a Certificate page, click advanced certificate request.
5. On the Advanced Certificate Request page, click Create and submit a request to this CA.
6. On the next Advanced Certificate Request page under Certificate Template, click User in the list.
7. Under Key Options, verify that the Mark keys as exportable check box is selected, and then click Submit.
8. On the Certificate Issued page, click Install this certificate, and then click Yes to continue.
9. If your certificate was correctly installed, a message is displayed, indicating that your new certificate has
been successfully installed.
10. To verify the installation:
• In Microsoft Internet Explorer on the Tools menu, click Internet Options.
• In Internet Options, click the Content tab.
• On the Content tab under Certificates, click Certificates. In Certificates, the new certificate is listed on the
Personal tab.
Obtaining a Certificate from a File
1. Right-click the Internet Explorer icon on the desktop, and then click Properties.
2. Click the Content tab, and then click Certificates.
3. In Certificates, click Import.