User's Manual

To enable authentication, click the check box next to the

Enable IEEE 802.1x authentication

for this network

field. Checking this box activates the fields in the menu, allowing you to specify

authentication parameters.

The first field in this menu lets you specify the type of Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)

used by the network. To choose a type, click the down arrow to the right of this field and choose

one of the types from the displayed list. Click the up and down arrows to the right of this list to

display all the available types.

Beneath this field are three additional fields used to specify other authentication parameters. To

enable any of these parameters, click the check box next to the appropriate field.

After you choose an EAP type, click the

Properties

button to specify the information required for

authentication. The following sections describe configuration of each available EAP type.

! PEAP authentication

! TLS/Smart Card authentication

! EAP – Cisco Wireless (LEAP) authentication

! MD5 Challenge authentication

! TTLS authentication

PEAP Authentication

Clicking the

Properties

button for PEAP authentication displays the following menu:

PEAP requires a Username and a Server Name; enter this information in the appropriate fields

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