802.1X/802.1X Supplicant; Configure 802.1X Supplicant For Cisco Wap131 - Cisco WAP131 Administration Manual

System Security
802. 1 X/802. 1 X Supplicant
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802.1X/802.1X Supplicant

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Cisco WAP131 and WAP351 Administration Guide
• Enable RADIUS Accounting—Enables tracking and measuring of the
resources that a particular user has consumed, such as system time, amount
of data transmitted and received, and so on. If you enable RADIUS
accounting, it is enabled for the primary RADIUS server and all backup
servers.
Click Save. The changes are saved to the Startup Configuration.
This section provides a description about the 802.1X feature and describes how
to configure it.
IEEE 802.1X authentication enables the WAP device to gain access to a secured
wired network. You can enable the WAP device as an 802.1X supplicant (client) on
the wired network. A user name and password that are encrypted using the MD5
algorithm can be configured to allow the WAP device to authenticate using 802.1X.
On the networks that use IEEE 802.1X port-based network access control, a
supplicant cannot gain access to the network until the 802.1X authenticator grants
access. If your network uses 802.1X, you must configure 802.1X authentication
information on the WAP device, so that it can supply it to the authenticator.

Configure 802.1X Supplicant for Cisco WAP131

To configure the 802.1X supplicant settings:
Click System Security > 802.1X Supplicant.
The Certificate File Status area shows whether a current certificate exists:
• Certificate File Present—Indicates whether the HTTP SSL Certificate file is
present. The field shows Yes if it is present. The default setting is No.
• Certificate Expiration Date—Indicates when the HTTP SSL Certificate file
will expire. The range is a valid date.
In the Supplicant Configuration area, you can configure the 802.1X operational
status and basic settings:
• Administrative Mode—Enables or disables the 802.1X supplicant
functionality.
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