Siemens HiPath 2000 Manual page 28

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Authentication
If access to the WLAN is protected, the handset has to provide authenti-
cation when logging in. You need to store the necessary data, login details
(user name), password and, where applicable, certificate, in the handset.
The data must be known to the access point.
The standard 802.1x uses the EAP security protocol. Your handset supports
EAP with the two security distributions LEAP and TLS.
Open the Authentication list.
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For Authentication = 802.1x the following fields appear in which you must
enter the data required for access.
EAP Type
Select the EAP authentication procedure that is to be used by clicking on the
relevant option.
EAP LEAP is a procedure whereby the handset (client) has to identify itself
at the access point/WLAN router. For this the handset requires a Login
Name and Password.
With EAP TLS authentication is carried out via an authentication server. In
addition to Login Name and Password, the handset must transfer another
Certificate (client certificate) during login. A certificate is a file which
contains information that is relevant for authentication.
You can set the authentication procedure in such a way that the authenti-
cation server also has to identify itself with the handset with its own certif-
icate (see below, Validate Server Certificate).
Login Name / Password
Enter the Login Name and Password for WLAN access in the appropriate
fields.
Certificate (only for EAP Type = TLS)
Enter the client certificate that the handset is to transfer when logging in to
WLAN (see
server checks the client access authorisation.
Open the Certificate list. The list contains all the client certificates you
have stored on the handset. Select the (client) certificate for the WLAN
access.
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Certificates required for the EAP TLS authentication procedure
(WLAN client certificate and WLAN root certificate if necessary) must
be transferred to the handset before the profile is created (see
Certificates).
Select None if access to the WLAN is not protected. The default set-
ting for WPA-PSK encryption is None.
Select 802.1x if access to the WLAN is protected. The default setting
for WPA encryption is 802.1x.
Certificates). Using the client certificate, the authentication