Authentication – ZyXEL Communications M-302 User Manual

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M-302 User’s Guide

Appendix B

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Authentication

Click the Authentication tab in the Wireless (network) properties screen to display the
screen shown next. The fields on this screen are grayed out when the network is in Ad-Hoc
mode or data encryption is disabled.

Figure 51 Windows XP: Wireless (network) properties: Authentication

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 26 Windows XP: Wireless (network) properties: Authentication

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Enable IEEE

802.1x

authentication for

this network

This field displays whether the IEEE 802.1x authentication is active.
If the network authentication is set to Open in the previous screen, you can choose

to disable or enable this feature.

EAP Type

Select the type of EAP authentication. Options are Protected EAP (PEAP) and

Smart Card or other Certificate.

Properties

Click this button to open the properties screen and configure certificates. The

screen varies depending on what you select in the EAP type field.

Authenticate as

computer when

computer

information is

available

Select this check box to have the computer send its information to the network for

authentication when a user is not logged on.

Authenticate as

guest when user

or computer

information is

unavailable

Select this check box to have the computer access to the network as a guest when

a user is not logged on or computer information is not available.

OK

Click OK to save your changes.

Cancel

Click Cancel to leave this screen without saving any changes you may have made.

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