Cisco Systems CB21AG manual Manual Login, Reauthenticate, Select Profile

Chapter 8 Using the Aironet System Tray Utility (ASTU)

Pop-Up Menu

Manual Login

This option enables you to manually invoke the authentication process for a profile that is configured to use a manually prompted LEAP or EAP-FAST username and password. When you choose this option, the Enter Wireless Network Password window appears. Enter your LEAP or EAP-FAST credentials and click OK. The LEAP or EAP-FAST Authentication Status window appears, and the authentication process begins.

Note Refer to Chapter 5 for information on setting a manual LEAP or EAP-FAST profile and Chapter 6 for details on the authentication process.

Reauthenticate

This option forces your client adapter to try to reauthenticate using the username and password of the current profile. It is available for all EAP-enabled profiles. When you choose this option, the authentication process begins.

If your client adapter is unable to authenticate using the specified username and password, you may be prompted to re-enter them. If you click Cancel, a message appears indicating that the current profile will be disabled until you choose the Reauthenticate option, reboot your computer, or eject and reinsert the client adapter.

Select Profile

This option enables you to select the active profile for your client adapter. When you choose this option, a profiles submenu appears (see Figure 8-4).

Figure 8-4 Profiles Submenu

From this menu, you can choose between the following options:

•Use Auto Profile Selection—Causes the client adapter’s driver to automatically select a profile from the list of profiles that were set up in ADU to be included in auto profile selection.

If the client adapter loses association for more than 10 seconds (or for more than the time specified by the LEAP/EAP-FAST authentication timeout value on the LEAP/EAP-FAST Settings window if LEAP/EAP-FAST is enabled), the driver switches automatically to another profile that is included in auto profile selection. The adapter will not switch profiles as long as it remains associated or reassociates within 10 seconds (or within the time specified by the LEAP/EAP-FAST authentication timeout value). To force the client adapter to associate to a different access point (in infrastructure mode) or another client (in ad hoc mode), you must select a new profile.

Note This option is available only if two or more profiles are included in auto profile selection.

Cisco Aironet 802.11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installation and Configuration Guide

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