54CHAPTER 3: CONFIGURING WIRELESS SERVICES

Table 9 Creating a Service for Employee Access (continued)

 

 

 

Primary Parameters to

Task

Path

Configure

 

 

 

 

“Create a

1

Tool bar option: select

From the Create Service Profile

Service Profile

 

Configuration.

wizard:

for 802.1X

2

Organizer panel: expand

„ Service profile name: edit name

Access” on

 

the WX switch.

 

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„ SSID name: enter name

3

Expand Wireless.

 

„ Security mode: select WPA (and

 

4

 

 

Click Wireless Services.

deselect Dynamic WEP)

 

5

Select 802.1X Service

„ Encryption type: use TKIP

 

 

Profile in the Task List.

(already selected)

 

 

 

„ EAP Type: use External RADIUS

 

 

 

Server (already selected)

 

 

 

„ RADIUS server group: select one

 

 

 

„ SSID default VLAN: enter name

 

 

 

„ Radio profile: select one

 

 

 

 

“Set Up

1

Tool bar option: select

From the Create VLAN wizard:

VLANs on WX

 

Configuration.

„ VLAN Name: enter name

Switches” on

2

Organizer panel: expand

„ VLAN ID: select number

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the WX switch.

 

 

„ IP Address: enter IP Address

 

3

Expand System.

 

„ Ports: select them and either

 

4

Click VLANs.

 

move them (use them only in

 

5

 

 

Select VLAN in the Task

the new VLAN) or add them

 

 

List.

(share them with other VLANs)

„ If you add them, select Tag

Step Summary The following list summarizes the fields selected or configuration items entered in the example that follows to configure Employee access:

1Create a radio profile.

„From the Radio Profile wizard, enter RadioProfile1 as the name of the radio profile.

„Click Finish.

2Configure the RADIUS back end:

„Configure the RADIUS server for 802.1X. Use the recommended EAP method, PEAP + MS-CHAPv2.

„Set up each WX switch as a RADIUS client.

„Define any desired 3Com vendor-specific attributes (VSAs).

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WX2200 specifications

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