Configure 802.1X For Cisco Wap351 - Cisco WAP131 Administration Manual

System Security
802. 1 X/802. 1 X Supplicant
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Cisco WAP131 and WAP351 Administration Guide

Configure 802.1X for Cisco WAP351

To configure the 802.1X settings:
Click System Security > 802.1X.
There are five ports coordinating with five LAN interfaces that you can set for
802.1X authentication in the Cisco WAP351.
Check a port and click Edit.
Select to enable or disable the supplicant or authenticator for the port.
• Supplicant—Enables the 802.1X supplicant functionality.
• Authenticator—Enables the 802.1X authenticator functionality.
If you enable the supplicant, click Show Details to configure these 802.1X
supplicant parameters:
• EAP Method—Choose the algorithm to be used for encrypting
authentication user names and passwords. The options are:
- MD5—A hash function defined in RFC 3748 that provides basic security.
- PEAP—Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol, which provides a
higher level of security than MD5 by encapsulating it within a TLS tunnel.
- TLS—Transport Layer Security (TLS), as defined in RFC 5216, an open
standard that provides a high level of security.
• Username—The WAP device uses this user name when responding to the
requests from an 802.1X authenticator. The user name can be 1 to 64
characters long. ASCII-printable characters are allowed, which includes
uppercase and lowercase alphabetic letters, numeric digits, and all special
characters except quotation marks.
• Password—The WAP device uses this MD5 password when responding to
the requests from an 802.1X authenticator. The password can be 1 to 64
characters in length. ASCII-printable characters are allowed, which includes
uppercase and lowercase alphabetic letters, numeric digits, and all special
characters except quotation marks.
The user name and password that are encrypted using the MD5
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algorithm can be configured to allow the WAP device to authenticate using
802.1X.
• Certificate File Status—Shows whether a current certificate exists.
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