
CHAPTER 6
Fundamentals of User Authentication
in 802.11
6.1 Introduction
6.2 802.1X Port-Level Authentication
6.3 The AAA Server
6.4 The Extensible Authentication Protocol
6.5 Flexible and Strong Authentication in 802.11
6.6 Other 802.11 Authentication Methodologies
6.7 Network Access Control
6.8 Summary
References
6.1 Introduction
In this chapter, we review the standard IEEE 802.11 admission-control model. This model
includes three components:
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A client-based 802.1X supplicant
•
An access-point-based 802.1X authenticator
•
A back-end AAA server
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