802.1X With Peap - EnGenius EUB-3701 User Manual

IEEE802.11b/g Wireless LAN USB 2.0 Client Adapter Version 1.1

3.5.4 802.1x with PEAP

802.1X provides an authentication framework for wireless LANs allowing a user
to be authenticated by a central authority. 802.1X uses an existing protocol called
EAP. EAP (Extensible Authentication Protocol) is an extension to the PPP
protocol that enables a variety of authentication protocols to be used. It passes
through the exchange of authentication messages, allowing the authentication
software stored in a server to interact with its counterpart in the client.
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