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LAPAC1750PRO Access Point Software User Manual
802.1X Supplicant
802 1X Supplicant settings allow the access point to gain access to a secured
wired network
Use these settings to enable the access point as an 802 1X supplicant (client)
on the wired network An MD5 user name and password can be configured to
allow the access point to authenticate via 802 1X
On 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 that the AP can supply to the authenticator
To configure the access point 802 1X supplicant user name and password by
using the Web interface, click the Configuration > Security > 802 1X Supplicant
tab and configure the fields shown in Table 44
Figure 36: 802 1X Supplicant
Section 3: Configuring the Access Point
Table 44: 802 1X Supplicant Authentication
Field Description
Supplicant Configuration
802 .1X Click Enabled to enable the Administrative status of the
Supplicant
802 1X Supplicant
Click Disabled to disable the Administrative status of the
802 1X Supplicant
EAP Select the algorithm to be used for encrypting authentication
Method
user names and passwords The options are as follows:
•
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, as defined in RFC 5216, an
open standard that provides a high level of security
Username Enter the MD5 user name for the AP to use when responding
to requests from an 802 1X authenticator The user name can
be up to 64 characters ASCII printable characters are allowed,
which includes upper and lower case alphabetic letters, the
numeric digits, and special symbols such as @ and #
Password
Enter the MD5 password for the AP to use when responding to
requests from an 802 1X authenticator The password can be
up1 to 64 characters ASCII printable characters are allowed,
which includes upper and lower case letters, numbers, and
special symbols such as @ and #
Certificate File Status
Certificate
Indicates if the HTTP SSL Certificate file is present Range is yes
File Present
or no The default is no
Certificate Indicates when the HTTP SSL Certificate file will expire The
Expiration
range is a valid date If no certificate file exists on the AP, the
Date
field displays Not Present
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