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Configuring the Wireless AP

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Configuring Wireless AP settings

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, March 2008

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•Name – The name of the Wireless AP, which is assigned on the AP

Properties tab. The Wireless AP name can be edited.

•Serial – The serial number of the Wireless AP. The Wireless AP serial

number cannot be edited.

•MAC – The MAC address of the Wireless AP. The Wireless AP MAC

address cannot be edited.

•Other – Click to specify a custom value. A text box is displayed. In the

text box, type the value you want to assign as the common name of

the Wireless AP.

• Email address – The email address of the organization

6. Click Generate certificate request. A certificate request file is generated

(.csr file extension). The name of the file is the Wireless AP serial number.

The File Download dialog is displayed.

7. Click Save. The Save as window is displayed.

8. Navigate to the location on your computer that you want to save the

generated certificate request file, and then click Save.

9. In the third-party Certificate Authentication application, use the content of the

generated certifcate request file to generate the certificate file (.cer file

extension).

10. On the 802.1x tab, click Browse. The Choose file window is displayed.

11. Navigate to the location of the certificate file, and click Open. The name of the

certificate file is displayed in the X509 DER / PKCS#12 file box.

12. To save your changes, click Save.

The 802.1x EAP-TLS (certificate and private key) authentication in proxy

mode is assigned to the Wireless AP. The Wireless AP can now be deployed

to a 802.1x enabled switch port.

Pass through mode

In pass through mode, the certificate and private key is created by the third-party

Certificate Authentication application. To successfully configure 802.1x

authentication of a Wireless AP, the Wireless AP must first be configured for

802.1x authentication before the Wireless AP is deployed on a 802.1x enabled

switch port.

Before you configure 802.1x using EAP-TLS authentication in pass through

mode, you must first create a certificate using the third-party Certificate

Authentication application and save the certificate file in PKCS #12 file format

(.pfx file extension ) on your system.