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Using the 802.1X Authentication Function — 802.1X Menu
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CA certificate Tab
You can import a trusted CA certificate (server
certificate or route certificate) to the unit. Up to four
certificates from trusted CAs can be imported to the unit.
Only the PEM format is supported.
To import the CA certificate
Click
Browse…
to select the CA certificate to be
imported.
Then click
Submit
, and the selected file will be
imported to the unit.
Note
Import process becomes invalid if the selected file is not
a CA certificate.
To display the information of the CA certificate
When the CA certificate has been saved in the unit
correctly, its information appears on
Issuer DN
,
Subject DN
,
Validity Period
and
Extended Key
Usage
.
To delete the CA certificate
Click
Delete
, and the selected CA certificate will be
deleted from the unit.
Setting the 802.1X authentication
function – Example of Windows
Server 2003
This section explains how to configure the
authentication server and CA using Microsoft Windows
Server 2003.
Note
As this section describes authentication based on the
user interface in English on Windows Server 2003, the
UI terminology and page configuration may be different
depending on the version of the Operating System or
Service Pack and patch update status.
Before setting
Perform the following settings before configuring an
802.1X network.
Active Directory (domain controller)
The following setting example is based on the
assumption that the Active Directory has been
configured.
Windows IAS configuration
Configure
Remote access/VPN server in Manage
Your
Server of Windows Server 2003. Open
Add or Remove
Programs
from
Control Panel
of Windows menu.
Install
Internet Authentication Service
in
Add/
Remove Windows Components
.
CA configuration
To configure the CA, perform the following steps:
1
Open
Add or Remove Programs
from
Control
Panel
of the Windows menu.
2
Select
Add/Remove Windows Components
.
3
Add
Certificate Services
in the Component menu.
4
Select
Enterprise root CA
on
CA Type
.
5
Type the CA name on
Common Name for this CA
,
and configure the CA.
Creating a security group for Active
Directory
1
Open
Active Directory Users and Computers
from
Administrative Tools
of the Windows menu.
2
Select
Users
of the domain with which you want to
perform 802.1X connection.
