Cisco Cisco 5520 Wireless Controller Technical Manual

Contributed by Nick Tate, Cisco TAC Engineer.
Apr 02, 2013

Introduction
Prerequisites
     Requirements
     Components Used
     Conventions
PEAP Overview
     PEAP Phase One: TLS−Encrypted Channel
     PEAP Phase Two: EAP−Authenticated Communication
Configure
     Network Diagram
     Configurations
        Configure the Microsoft Windows 2008 Server
        Configure the Wireless LAN Controller and LAPs
        Configure the Wireless Clients for PEAP−MS−CHAP v2 Authentication
Verify
Troubleshoot
Related Information

This document provides a sample configuration for the Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol (PEAP)
with Microsoft Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (MS−CHAP) version 2 authentication in a
Cisco Unified Wireless network with the Microsoft Network Policy Server (NPS) as the RADIUS server.

Ensure that you are familiar with these procedures before you attempt this configuration:

Knowledge of basic Windows 2008 installation

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Knowledge of Cisco controller installation

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Ensure that these requirements have been met before you attempt this configuration:

Install the Microsoft Windows Server 2008 operating system on each of the servers in the test lab.

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Update all service packs.

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Install the controllers and lightweight access points (LAPs).

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Configure the latest software updates.

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