[Prism54-users] AP mode with 802.1x

[Luis R. Rodriguez]

On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 01:25:07PM -0400, Kyle Rose wrote:
> There doesn't appear to be a searchable mailing list archive or a
> wiki, so I am forced to ask a question here that has possibly been
> asked a thousand times:
> 
> Is there a way to put an SMC 2802 PCI card into AP mode with 802.1x
> frames sent to a local RADIUS server doing EAP/TLS authentication (in
> this case, freeradius)?  I currently have everything working with a
> Netgear MA311 802.11b PCI card running in HostAP mode, but the desire
> to view live TV on my laptop with MythTV has forced me up to 802.11g;
> at the same time, I've had bad experiences with hardware AP's (e.g., I
> bought a Linksys that claimed to have RADIUS authentication support,
> but I could never get it to successfully contact my freeradius
> server), so I'd prefer to stick with a Linux-based AP.

Not yet. We're working on it though. 

> 
> As a slight aside, I'm guessing this whole setup (with rotating WEP
> keys and all) is now called "WPA".  Is this a correct assumption?

WEP allows for key exchange through TKIP or 802.1x. 

TKIP uses a shared key, I'm personally trying to finish WPA TKIP support
for prism54. Jouni (from hostap project) already submitted some work to
allow prism54 to work with wpa_supplicant (from hostap project).
I have some code in my tree but am still working on it, nothing fully
complete  yet.

After we get WPA with TKIP going, then we can then concentrate on
802.1x. 

How soon? I don't know just stay tuned to the prism54-users and
prism54-devel list. We'll announce if we have something added and need
testing.

Regarding a wiki -- you know that's not a bad idea. I may just add a
wiki for documenation.

	Luis

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