Viewing Access Points Authentication Settings

The Authentication page lists the current wireless access point’s authentication settings groups. Each group has at least one unique setting to distinguish it. Data points include the following:

• Interface: Lists the interface for the device. As an example, for Cisco devices you will typically see interfaces such as Do0 for dot11radio 0. This item is also a link to the Interface Viewer.

• Auth Enabled: Shows whether authentication is required in the authentication configuration group. This field will show a value of Yes or No.

• EAP Required: Indicates whether the access point requires the Extensible Authentication Protocol to provide dynamic WEP keys to wireless devices. This field will show a value of Yes or No.

• EAP Method: If enabled, possible EAP values include Open or Shared Key authentication.

• MAC Auth Required: Indicates whether the AP uses MAC Address authentication, using the wireless client's MAC address to verify with an authentication server whether the MAC is allowed on the network. This field will show a value of Yes or No.

• MAC Auth Method: If enabled, this indicates whether EAP authentication is required for MAC address authentication or if a MAC address list is being used. An access point configured for EAP authentication forces all client devices that associate to it, to perform EAP authentication.

• Default VLAN: Cisco Aironet wireless access points use three VLANs: VLAN 2, VLAN 20, and VLAN 30. One is set as the 'native' VLAN, one as the SSID administrative VLAN, and one as the SSID guest VLAN. The value shown here is the discovered listing for the default native VLAN on the radio interface.

• Auth Algorithm: The discovered SSID authentication algorithm that is configured for each settings group.