ZyXEL Communications manual Prestige 2602HWNLI-D7A Support Notes

Prestige 2602HWNLI-D7A Support Notes

∙EAP-Packet : Both the supplicant and the authenticator send this packet when authentication is taking place. This is the packet that contains either the MD5-Challenge or TLS information required for authentication.

∙EAPOL-Start : This supplicant sends this packet when it wants to initiate the authentication process.

∙EAPOL-Logoff : The supplicant sends this packet when it wants to terminate its 802.1x session.

∙EAPOL-Key : This is used for TLS authentication method. The Wireless AP uses this packet to send the calculated WEP key to the supplicant after TLS negotiation has completed between the supplicant and the RADIUS server.

IEEE 802.1x Configuration in ZyXEL Wireless Access Point

∙Enable 802.1x in AP

When the IEEE 802.1x authentication is enabled, the wireless client must be authenticated by the ZyXEL AP before it can communicate on your network through ZyXEL AP. By default, the 802.1x function is disabled (Authentication Control= Force Authorized) to allow all wireless client. You can use SMT or Web Configuration to configure it.

Enter SMT Menu 23.4 to setup the 802.1x authentication control.

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