Using PEAP-MSCHAP V2 Security
To use PEAP-MSCHAP V2 security In the Atheros Client Utility, access the
Security tab in the Profile Management window.
- On the Security tab, choose the WPA radio
button.
OR: On the Security tab, choose the 802.1x radio
button.
- Choose PEAP (EAP-MSCHAP V2)
from the drop-down menu.
To use PEAP (EAP-MSCHAP
V2)
security, the server must have WPA-PEAP certificates, and the server
properties must already be set. Check with the IT manager.
- Click the Configure button.
- Check the Validate Server Identity check box to force the system to authenticate the identity of the server as an added level of security.
- Choose the certificate authority from which the server certificate was downloaded in the Trusted Root Certification Authorities drop-down box.
- Perform one of the following to specify how you want to establish a network connection.
- If you want to connect using a username and password, choose User Name and Password.
- If you want to connect using a user certificate installed on your computer, choose Certificate, select a certificate from the drop-down box and go to Step 6.
- Specify the username and password for inner PEAP tunnel authentication:
-
Check Use Windows User Name to use the Windows user name as the PEAP user name.
- OR: Enter a PEAP user name in the User Name field to use a separate user name for the PEAP authentication process.
- Click Settings. The Configuration Setting window appears.
- Leave the Specific Server or Domain field blank to allow the client to accept a certificate from any server that supplies a certificate signed by the certificate authority listed in the Trusted Root Certification Authorities drop-down box on the Define PEAP (EAP-MSCHAP V2) Configuration window (this is the recommended option) or enter the domain name of the server from which the client will accept a certificate.
- If the Login Name field is not filled in automatically, enter your username with nothing after it.
- Click OK.
- Enable the profile.