User's Manual
Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone Installation and Administration Guide
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On phone: > SETTINGS > ADVANCED > (PIN) > NETWORK > ETHERNET > VLAN (6,2,2,2,1).
802.1x
IEEE 802.1X is an IEEE Standard for port-based Network Access Control and is part of the IEEE
802.1 group of networking protocols. It provides an authentication mechanism to devices
wishing to attach to a LAN or WLAN.
Enable 802.1x By enabling this option, Avaya B179 asks an authentication server for
permission when connected to the LAN.
EAP method Select which EAP (Extensible Authentication Protocol) method to use:
MD5 or TLS.
Username The device identity in the network.
MD5 password Password for the device identity when using MD5.
Certicate Here you can upload a certicate to the Avaya B179 to be used for
authentication when using TLS.
Root certicate The public key in the root certicate is used to verify other certicates
when using TLS.
Private key Here you can upload a private key to the Avaya B179 to be used for
authentication when using TLS.
TLS password The password used for encryption of the private key when using TLS.
On phone: > SETTINGS > ADVANCED > (PIN) > NETWORK > ETHERNET >
802.1X AUTH (6,2,2,2,2).