Siemens SCALANCE W760 Configuration Manual

Security and authentication
10.2 WLAN
SCALANCE W760/W720 to IEEE 802.11n Command Line Interface
380 Configuration Manual, 11/2014, C79000-G8976-C351-03
10.2.5.6
wlan security dot1x eap-authentication-type (client)
Description
With this command, you specify which RADIUS authentication methods the client offers to
the RADIUS server. With "
auto", the client offers a RADIUS server all supported methods.
Any other selection restricts the support by the client to this one method.
Note
This command is only available in the client mode.
Requirement
You are in the Interface Configuration mode of the WLAN interface.
The command prompt is as follows:
cli (config-if-wlan-0-X)#
Syntax
Call up the command with the following parameters:
wlan security dot1x eap-authentication-type { show-types | <type> }
The parameters have the following meaning:
Parameters
Description
Values or range of values
show-types
Lists the available authenti-
cation methods
• auto
Client offers RADIUS server all methods
• eap-tls
Extensible Authentication Protocol - Transport
Layer Security: Uses certificates for authentica-
tion
•
eap-ttls
Extensible Authentication Protocol - Tunnel
Transport Layer Security: After setting up the
TLS tunnel, MS-CHAPv2 is used for internal au-
thentication.
•
peap
Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol: Al-
ternative draft protocol of IETF for EAP-TTLS
type
Value that contains the au-
thentication method
Result
The authentication method is specified.

Siemens SCALANCE W760 Specifications

General

Brand	Siemens
Model	SCALANCE W760
Category	Wireless Access Point
Language	English