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AirLive WH-5000A User’s Manual
WH-5000A Serials User Guide
6.2.3 WPA-EAP-TLS/WPA2-EAP-TLS
The 802.1x system uses a Radius
Server for key management and a
separate certification system
for
authentication. The IEEE 802.1x provides
Extensible Authentication Protocol
(EAP)
security types allows you to use authentication
methods such as smart cards and certificates.
WH-5000A provides EAP-TLS security
types.
If your wireless network have installed
Radius Servers and the AP that
WH-5000A client mode will link with uses
WPA 802.1x or WPA2 802.1x function,
you need to select WPA-EAP-TLS or WPA2-EAP-TLS.
There are two items, Certificates and Encryption, have to be selected in order to have successful 802.1x
authentication. They are listed as following:
e
Certificates:
To set up WPA-EAP-TLS/WPA2-EAP-TLS function, you need to get “Certification file” from certification
system. If you have it, then click “
Load New Certification
” to load it. The following picture appears after
you click “Load New Certification”.
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unsigned public key certificate and
is part of a public key infrastructure
scheme. The most common commercial
variety is based on the ISO X.509
standard. Normally an X.509 certificate
includes a digital signature from a certificate
authority
(CA)
which vouches
for
correctness of the data contained in
a certificate. This file should have
a
pem
extension.
