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Configuring the Wireless AP
Configuring Wireless AP settings
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March 2008
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• Organizational Unit name – The name of the unit whithin the
organization
• Common name – Click the value you want to assign as the common
name of the Wireless AP:
•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.
• Email address – The email address of the organization
5. Click Generate Certificates. The AP 802.1x Multi-edit progress window is
displayed, which provides the status of the configuration process. Once
complete, the File Download dialog is displayed.
6. Click Save. The Save as window is displayed.
7. Navigate to the location on your computer that you want to save the
generated certificate_requests.tar file, and then click Save.
The certificate_requests.tar file contains a certificate request (.csr) file for
each Wireless AP. For each certificate request, generate a certificate using
the third-party Certificate Authentication application. Once complete, zip all
the certificates files (.cer) into one .zip file.
8. In the Bulk Certificate Upload section, click Browse. The Choose file
window is displayed.
9. Navigate to the location of the zipped certificates file, and then click Open.
The name of the zipped certificates file is displayed in the ZIP Archive box.
10. Click Upload and Set certificates. Once complete, the Settings updated
message is displayed in the footer of the HiPath Wireless Assistant.
Configuring 802.1x EAP-TLS authentication in pass through mode using
Multi-edit:
Before you configure 802.1x EAP-TLS authentication in pass through mode using
Multi-edit, the following prerequisites are required:
• You must first generate a certificate for each Wireless AP using the third-party
Certificate Authentication application.
• When generating the certificates:
• Use the Common name value (either Name, Serial, or MAC) of the
Wireless AP to name each generated certificate.
• Use a common password for each generated certificate.