ZyXEL Communications Corporation NWD211AN Manual De Usuario

 Appendix C Windows Wireless Management

NWD-211AN User’s Guide

Figure 107   Windows XP: Wireless (network) properties: Authentication

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Select an EAP authentication type in the Wireless (network) properties: Authentication 
screen and click the Properties button to display the following screen. 

Table 37   Windows XP: Wireless (network) properties: Authentication

Enable IEEE 
802.1x 
authentication for 
this network

This field displays whether the IEEE 802.1x authentication is active.
If the network authentication is set to Open in the previous screen, you can 
choose to disable or enable this feature.

EAP Type

Select the type of EAP authentication. Options are Protected EAP (PEAP) and 
Smart Card or other Certificate. 

Properties

Click this button to open the properties screen and configure certificates. The 
screen varies depending on what you select in the EAP type field.

Authenticate as 
computer when 
computer 
information is 
available

Select this check box to have the computer send its information to the network for 
authentication when a user is not logged on.

Authenticate as 
guest when user 
or computer 
information is 
unavailable

Select this check box to have the computer access to the network as a guest when 
a user is not logged on or computer information is not available.

OK

Click OK to save your changes.

Cancel

Click Cancel to leave this screen without saving any changes you may have 
made.