User Guide

WFS709TP ProSafe Smart Wireless Switch Software Administration Manual
7-6 Configuring 802.1x Authentication
v1.0, June 2007
* For Windows environments only
Advanced Configuration Options for 802.1x
This section describes the Advanced Configuration options for 802.1x authentication (Figure 7-4).
The Advanced Configuration settings should not be modified unless there is a need to customize at
a more detailed level.
In the browser interface, access the Advanced options by clicking the Show tab on the right of the
Advanced Configuration option on the 802.1x configuration page.
Enable Opportunistic Key
Caching (WPA2)
Enables the same pairwise master key (PMK) derived with a
client and an associated AP to be used when the client roams
to a new AP. This allows users faster roaming without having
to reauthenticate.
Make sure that the wireless client (the 802.1x supplicant)
supports this feature before you enable this option. If the client
does not support this feature, the client will attempt to
renegotiate the key whenever it roams to a new AP. As a
result, the key cached on the WFS709TP can be out of sync
with the key used by the client.
Disabled
Enforce Machine
Authentication *
Select this option to enforce machine authentication before
user authentication.
Disabled
Table 7-1. 802.1x Authentication Browser Interface Page Options (continued)
Parameter Description Default