User manual

Chapter 3

Settings

3.9. 802.1x

To test networks that use 802.1x security, the tester must be set up as follows:

Import client certificates and root certificates as follows:

 On your PC, create a directory, name it ‘certs’ and copy the required client and root

certificates to that directory.

Note

 Root certificates must be of the file type .pem. Client certificates must

be of the file type .p12.

 Copy the directory to a USB key and insert it into the USB port.

 From the home screen press the soft key SETUP (F3).

 Select the icon 802.1x. The 802.1x setup screen is displayed.

 Press soft key CERTS (F1) to load the certificates. The loaded certificates will

remain until further certificates are loaded or a factory reset is performed.

When entering the 802.1x setup details, scroll to each field, press Enter and select from

the drop down menu or look up table as required. Press enter again to return to the

802.1x setup screen. RESET clears all certificate data from the setup screen.

Username and Password fields will display the QWERTY keyboard. When you have

entered the Username/Password, press OK to return to the 802.1x setup screen.

The tester’s time and date must be correct before 802.1x will work.

 Set the ‘802.1x’ field to Enable.

 Select the required EAP Method from the drop down menu in the ‘EAP Method’

field. See Notes 1 to 4 below.

 Scroll to the ‘Certificate’ field and select the required certificate from the look up

table.

 Enter a username and password (when required).

 Scroll to the ‘Root Cert’ field and select the required certificate from the look up

table (when required).

 Press the soft key APPLY (F2). You can now connect through the 802.1x port.

Notes

1) Completing the fields ‘Client Certificate’ and ‘Certificate Password’ is

required only when the EAP Method is: EAP-TLS, Any or, the Tunneled

Method is TLS.

2) The Tunneled Method and Root Certificate options are enabled only

when the EAP Method is

EAP-TLS, EAP-PEAP, EAP-TTLS or Any.