WPA2-Enterprise

[aszotten]

I have tried searching the forums information about the possibility to use WPA2-Enterprise on Windows Mobile. What i have found is that is not currently implemented in WM6. Does anyone have information if it implemented in WM6.1? Are there any 3:rd party applications that can give you access to a WPN2-Enterprise network?
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[vdot]

WPA2 & WPA2-PSK are, but WPA2-Enterprise is not showing in any of the
Wireless LAN setup dialogs in WM6v1. :(

[ADB100]

WPA2 & WPA2-PSK are, but WPA2-Enterprise is not showing in any of the
Wireless LAN setup dialogs in WM6v1. :(

There isn't a separate WPA2-Enterprise, it is just the WPA2 Authentication option in the drop-down list. The 'Enterprise' name only comes from the fact that authentication is performed by a centralised RADIUS server that the WiFi access point sends authenticaion requests to. This is in contrast to WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK that uses a Pre-Shared-Key (PSK) configured locally on the WiFi AP.
With WPA/WPA2 the WiFi clients use 802.1x EAP authentication, however WM5/6 only supports two EAP types - PEAP and EAP-TLS (Smart Card or Certificate). In both cases at least one certificate is required to get it working. I currently use WPA2 with EAP-TLS authentication and AES encryption and it works perfectly.

What issues are you having?

Andy

[devil_82]

There isn't a separate WPA2-Enterprise, it is just the WPA2 Authentication option in the drop-down list. The 'Enterprise' name only comes from the fact that authentication is performed by a centralised RADIUS server that the WiFi access point sends authenticaion requests to. This is in contrast to WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK that uses a Pre-Shared-Key (PSK) configured locally on the WiFi AP.
With WPA/WPA2 the WiFi clients use 802.1x EAP authentication, however WM5/6 only supports two EAP types - PEAP and EAP-TLS (Smart Card or Certificate). In both cases at least one certificate is required to get it working. I currently use WPA2 with EAP-TLS authentication and AES encryption and it works perfectly.

What issues are you having?

Andy


hi currently my co is using peap via certificate..however the certificate can be found onli in the laptop. do you think i can export it out from the laptop and import to the pda? thanks

[ADB100]

hi currently my co is using peap via certificate..however the certificate can be found onli in the laptop. do you think i can export it out from the laptop and import to the pda? thanks

All you need on the PDA is the servers public certificate to be in the Root Certificate store, you don't actually need a personal certificate on the PDA (unless you are performing PEAP with user certificates as opposed to PEAP with EAP-MSCHAPv2). To do this you would need to export it from the server or your PC and then import it on your PDA.

There is a post in another thread about disabling the certificate validation with WM5/6 which I haven't tried but looks like it should work and you wouldn't need to import the certificate:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=283380

Andy