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802.1x
There are three essential components to the 802.1x infrastructure: (1) Supplicant, (2)
Authenticator and (3) Server. LevelOne Access Point serves as an Authenticator, and the EAP
methods used must be supported by the backend Radius Server. The 802.1x security supports
both MD5 and TLS Extensive Authentication Protocol (EAP). Please follow the steps below to
configure 802.1x security.
1. Enable 802.1x security by selecting “ Enable ”.
2. If MD5 EAP method is used then you can skip step 2 and go to step 3.
3. Select the Encryption Key Length Size ranging from 64 to 256 Bits that you would like to
use.
Select the
Lifetime of the Encryption Key from 5 Minutes to 1 Day. As soon as the
lifetime of the Encryption Key is over, the Encryption Key will be renewed by the Radius
server.
4. Enter the IP address of and the Port used by the Primary Radius Server
Enter the Shared Secret , which is used by the Radius Server.
5.
Enter the IP address of, Port and Shared Secret used by the Secondary Radiu s Server.
Click “ Help ” to get interpretation for Encryption Key and Radius Server
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