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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.