User's Manual Part 1
Table Of Contents
- contents
- Preface
- Product Overview
- Preparing for Installation
- Installing the Client Adapter
- Using the Profile Manager
- Configuring the Client Adapter
- Overview
- Setting System Parameters
- Setting RF Network Parameters
- Setting Advanced Infrastructure Parameters
- Setting Advanced Ad Hoc Parameters
- Setting Network Security Parameters
- Using EAP Authentication
- Performing Diagnostics
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Chapter 6 Using EAP Authentication
Using Host-Based EAP
After a Reboot/Logoff
After your computer reboots or you log off, the following events occur:
1. After you enter your Windows username and password, the LEAP authentication process begins
automatically using your saved LEAP username and password.
2. If your client adapter authenticates, the “LEAP Authentication in progress” message disappears, and
the Server Based Authentication field on the ACU Status screen shows “LEAP Authenticated.”
If the authentication attempt fails, an error message appears after the LEAP timeout period has
expired. Refer to the “Error Messages” section in Chapter 9 for the necessary action to take.
3. Windows continues to log you onto the system.
After Your LEAP Credentials Expire
If the LEAP credentials (username and password) for your current profile expire or become invalid,
follow the steps below to reauthenticate.
Step 1 Click OK when the following message appears: “The user name and password entered for saved profile
'xxx' are no longer valid and have failed the LEAP authentication. Please enter a new user name and password.
Please also remember to change them permanently in the saved profile using the ACU Profile Manager.”
Step 2 When the LEAP login screen appears, enter your new username and password and click OK. The client
adapter should authenticate using your new credentials.
Note If you click Cancel rather than OK on the LEAP login screen, the following message appears:
“The current profile will be disabled until the system restarts or you eject and reinsert the
card. Are you sure?” If you click No, the LEAP login reappears and allows you to enter your
new credentials. If you click Yes, the current profile is disabled until you reboot your
computer or eject and reinsert the card. The Current Profile field on the Status screen lists
the profile as being “Disabled.”
Step 3 Edit the profile in ACU by changing the saved username and password on the LEAP Settings screen.
Step 4 Save the changes to your profile.
Using Host-Based EAP
After Profile Selection/Card Insertion
After you (or auto profile selection) select a profile that uses host-based EAP authentication or you eject
and reinsert the client adapter while this profile is selected, follow the steps below for either EAP-TLS
or EAP-MD5 to EAP authenticate.