To set 802.1x authentication for the access point.

Please click ‘802.1X’ tab:

Here are descriptions of every setup item:

Item Name

Description

EAP Method

Select 802.1x EAP method from dropdown menu. Please ask the administrator of the

 

access point you wish to connect to select a correct EAP method.

Tunnel

Select 802.1x tunnel authentication type from dropdown menu. Please ask the

Authentication

administrator of the access point you wish to connect to select a correct tunnel

 

authentication method. This pull down menu is only available when authentication type

 

you use is 'PEAP', ‘TLS / Smart Card', or 'TTLS'. When you use 'EAP-FAST' as

 

authentication type, the protocol setting is always 'Generic Token Card' and can not be

 

changed. You also need to select ‘Soft Token’ or ‘Static Password’ as password in ‘ID \

 

Password’ setting. ’EAP Fast’ authentication type also have a sub-menu to set EAP fast-

 

specific parameters.

 

If you need to use protected authentication credential, check ‘Use protected authentication

 

credential’ box, and click ‘Import’ to load .pac credential file; to remove a loaded credential

 

file, click ‘Remove’.

Session

You can enable or disable session resumption here. If you don’t know if you should enable

Resumption

session resumption or not, please ask your 802.1x authentication administrator.

ID \ Password

Input 802.1x username (ID) and password and other information if it is required here. Click

tab

‘Show Password’ to show the password you typed.

Client

Use this tab to select a local certificate from dropdown menu. If the access point you wish

Certification tab

to connect required a specific client certificate, the certificate must be installed on your

 

computer, and you can select the certificate here.

Server

Use this tab to use server-based certification. Please select a CA (Certificate Authority)

Certification tab

from dropdown menu. If intermediate certificates are allowed, please select ‘Allow

 

intermediate certificates’. Also, if you need to specify CA server’s name, you can specify it

 

in ‘Server name’ field. You can select ‘Server name must match’, so the CA server’s name

 

must be the same with the value you set in ‘Server name’ field; If only the domain name

 

part of full server name must the same with the value you set in ‘Server name’ field, select

 

‘Domain name must end in specified name’.

After you complete all information related to the access point, click ‘OK’ to save the profile, or click ‘cancel’ to cancel adding a new profile.

If the profile is created, you will see the information in the Profile List.