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U s i n g W P A -8 0 2 . 1 x
Th i s i s t h e m o s t s e c u r e a n d m o s t c o m p l e x s y s t e m .
8 0 2 . 1 x m o d e p r o v i d e s g r e a t e r s e c u r i t y a n d c e n t r a l i z e d m a n a g e m e n t , b u t i t i s m o r e c o m p l e x t o c o n f i g u r e .
Wireless Station Configuration
F o r e a c h o f t h e f o l l o w i n g i t e m s , e a c h W i r e l e s s S t a t i o n m u s t h a v e t h e s a m e s e t t i n g s a s t h e W i r e l e s s A c c e s s P o i n t .
M o d e
O n e a c h P C , t h e m o d e m u s t b e s e t t o I n f r a s t r u ct u r e .
S S I D ( E S S I D )
T h i s m u s t m a t c h t h e v a l u e u s e d o n t h e W i r e l e s s A c c e s s P o i n t .
T h e d e f a u l t v a l u e i s w i r e l e s s
N o t e ! T h e S S I D i s c a s e s e n s i t i v e .
8 0 2 . 1 x
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E a c h c l i e n t m u s t o b t a i n a C e r t i f i c a t e w h i c h i s u s e d f o r a u t h e n t i c at i o n
f o r t h e R a d i u s S e r v e r .
8 0 2 . 1 x
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T y p i c a l l y , E A P -T L S i s u s e d . T h i s i s a d y n a m i c k e y s y s t e m , s o k e y s d o
N O T h a v e t o b e e n t e r e d o n e a c h W i r e l e s s s t a t i o n .
H o w e v e r , y o u c a n a l s o u s e a s t a t i c W E P k e y ( E A P -M D 5 ) ; t h e
W i r e l e s s A c c e s s P o i n t s u p p o r t s b o t h m e t h o d s s i m u l t a n e o u s l y .
Radius Server Configuration
I f u s i n g W P A -8 0 2 . 1 x m o d e , t h e R a d i u s S e r v e r o n y o u r n e t w o r k m u s t b e c o n f i g u r e d a s f o l l o w :
• It must provide and accept Certificates for user authentication.
• There must be a Client Login for the Wireless Access Point itself.
• The Wireless Access Point will use its Default Name as its Client Login name. (However, your Radius
server may ignore this and use the IP address instead.)
• The Shared Key, set on the Security Screen of the Access Point, must match the Shared Secret value on
the Radius Server.
• Encryption settings must be correct.