Digitus WLAN MIMO Cardbus Adapter DN-7041 User Manual

 

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The IEEE 802.1X specification describes a protocol that can be used for authenticating both clients and 

servers on a network. The authentication algorithms and methods are those provided by the Extensible 

Authentication Protocol (EAP), a method of authentication that has been in use for a number of years 

on networks that provide Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) support as many internet service providers and 

enterprises do.   

   

When an AP acting as an authenticator detects a wireless station on the LAN, it sends an EAP-Request 

for the user's identity to the device. (EAP, or the Extensible Authentication Protocol, is an authentication 

protocol that runs before network layer protocols transmit data over the link.) In turn, the device 

responds with its identity, and the AP relays this identity to an authentication server, which is typically 

an external RADIUS server. 

 

 

Windows 2000 IAS
(Internet Authentication

Service)

Access Point