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I'm playing with an Aironet at work, trying to learn about them and in the process the various methods of authentication and so forth.
I want to use the Local RADIUS server for starters. I configured a shared secret, made a user/password combo ("user"/"password"
). I set the preferred RADIUS server in the Aironet configuration to be 127.0.0.1 (since the server is local to the AP, right?)
My settings, in the end, were: Key Management WPA, Encryption TKIP, etc. On my client (Windows XP SP3), I enabled 802.1X authentication and selected PEAP. I unchecked the options to automatically authenticate as my Windows login, the Computer or Guest.
When I associate to the access point, it waits at "Verifying identity..." in the WCZ screen. It pops up a little window in the bottom saying to enter my username and password (and domain if needed) to authenticate to the network.
Pointers would be amazing, and even better would be a walkthrough of some sort.
Then it waits. And waits. And waits. And then falls back to a different AP and gives up.
The Aironet home screen shows a "debug" level message about a failed authentication from my station, but the Local RADIUS server screen shows 0 authentication attempts -- failed or not. So apparently it isn't even trying to hit the local server.
Any suggestions?
I've never touched Cisco gear in my life before, which is why I want to learn this so badly. Cheers.
I want to use the Local RADIUS server for starters. I configured a shared secret, made a user/password combo ("user"/"password"
). I set the preferred RADIUS server in the Aironet configuration to be 127.0.0.1 (since the server is local to the AP, right?)My settings, in the end, were: Key Management WPA, Encryption TKIP, etc. On my client (Windows XP SP3), I enabled 802.1X authentication and selected PEAP. I unchecked the options to automatically authenticate as my Windows login, the Computer or Guest.
When I associate to the access point, it waits at "Verifying identity..." in the WCZ screen. It pops up a little window in the bottom saying to enter my username and password (and domain if needed) to authenticate to the network.
Pointers would be amazing, and even better would be a walkthrough of some sort.
Then it waits. And waits. And waits. And then falls back to a different AP and gives up.
The Aironet home screen shows a "debug" level message about a failed authentication from my station, but the Local RADIUS server screen shows 0 authentication attempts -- failed or not. So apparently it isn't even trying to hit the local server.
Any suggestions?
I've never touched Cisco gear in my life before, which is why I want to learn this so badly. Cheers.