3.6 802.1x
There are three essential components to the 802.1x infrastructure: (1) Supplicant, (2)
Authenticator and (3) Server. The Access Point serves as an Authenticator, and the
EAP methods used must be supported by the backend Radius Server. The 802.1x
security supports 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 128 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,
the
Port
and the
Shared Secret
used by the
Primary
Radius
Server.
5. Enter the
IP address
, the
Port
and the
Shared Secret
used by the
Secondary
Radius Server.
