WPA Enterprise Encryption, 802.1x

Is anyone else disappointed that the iPhone doesn't support WPA Enterprise or 802.1x encryption? At my job we use it for encrypting our wireless traffic, so my iPhone is without wifi all day! Oh sadness. Maybe in a future software update. Anyone official at Apple care to respond? Its been in OSX since 10.3! I thought this thing was running OSX?! Maybe they forgot to upgrade before they pushed out the iPhone build to these sweet little puppies.
macbook! Mac OS X (10.4.10)

Very disappointed. Please tell them so they fix it:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html
Aym

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Does anyone know if there is any way I can connect my Time Capsule to my University wireless network?
I live right opposite my university and if I put my laptop on my window sill I can connect to the wireless, but can't connect from my desk... I was wanting to put my time capsule on my window sill, use that to connect to the Uni wireless and thus extend the connection into my room...
Does anyone know a way to achieve this? My Uni uses WPA Enterprise encryption...
Many thanks.
Andrew.

One possible option, with your existing equipment, would be to reconfigure your Mac as a "software" router by employing OS X's Internet Sharing feature. In this case you would be sharing the Mac's wireless Internet connection through its Ethernet port. Theoretically, you could then connect the TC to the Mac's Ethernet port; reconfigure the TC as a bridge, and then connect clients to the TC.
Personally I haven't tried this to verify that it would work. Mainly because using a Mac as a software router is extremely limited as far as features that this would provide.

Mountain Lion won't connect to WPA-Enterprise

Configuration: Macbook Pro (8,2) running OS X 10.8.3.
My office's "IT Guy" changed our Wifi network recently, with the surprise side effect that the Mac users are now offline, including me. The odd thing is that my iPhone connects very nicely, as does my Windows (Bootcamp). When I'm booted into Windows and connected, here is the information I can glean from the network manager:
Security Type: WPA-Enterprise
Encryption Type: TKIP
NW Authentication Method: PEIP
He suggested I buy a little USB stick that would connect me, but that is over my "lame-ness" limit. The fact that the iPhone can connect but the Macbook can't is a little worrisome. Do I have any hope, assuming that firing the IT Guy and buying the USB stick are both off limits?

I had a similar situation happen to me today. Connecting to an Enterprise WPA2 network, and it authenticated correctly via PEAP (MSCHAPv2) but still would not show a good Connected status.
What seemed to work was to go into Network preferences, click the Advanced button, Select TCP/IP tab, and click Renew DHCP Lease.
Not sure why the MacBook did not connect, while the iPhone did, but this seemed to give the connection a good Connected status and the exclamation point on the WiFi network went away.
And it's been 15 minute and the user has not come back to bug me again!

WMP600N unsupport WPA2-Enterprise, WPA-Enterprise

WMP600N declares support WPA2-Enterprise, WPA-Enterprise.
I got error:
You have selected an unsupport network.
Error 226: Corporate networks using WPA-Enterprise encryption are not supported
Tell me, please, the cause and how to solve this problem?

Download WMP600N software CD image file and burn image file to CD. Use the CD to reinstall WMP600N software:
http://support.linksys.com/en-us/support/adapters/WMP600N
Please remember to Kudo those that help you.
Linksys
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802.1x or WPA-Enterprise or Radius

I have seen a lot of posts mentioning compatibility with WPA encrypted networks. However, all these are WPA-Personal (or WPA-PSK), meaning they have a pre-shared key, or password, for authentication.
My question is whether 802.1x is supported on the iPhone. Many businesses, schools, etc., require this (sometimes called WPA-Enterprise) for authentication, in which a username and password must be entered rather than a shared-key.
Can any of you savvy new iPhone users answer this question? It would save me a trip to the store...
Thank you!
Various Macs and PC's Mac OS X (10.4)

No details on specific encryption support in the user manual, but I found this:
http://www.utexas.edu/its/alerts/announcements/iphonecompatibility_on_the_ut_wirelessnetwork/
"The iPhone does not support the WPA Enterprise protocol, the industry standard used to support user login on the UT network."
Powerbook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.10)

HT1338 WHAT IS 802.1 MEANING? HOW CAN I CHOOSE ABOUT OPTION INSIDE BETWEEN 802.1WEP OR WPA ENTERPRISE? WHAT'S DIFFERENT? T

WHAT IS 802.1 MEANING? HOW CAN I CHOOSE ABOUT OPTION INSIDE BETWEEN 802.1WEP OR WPA ENTERPRISE? WHAT'S DIFFERENT?

802.11 refers to a document that specifies how wireless networking works. It goes into detail about the radio signals, frequencies, signal strengths, encoding of data, etc. From a practical standpoint, the typical person really only care about a couple of things: speed and encryption.
802.11b - describes networks that transmit 11 mbps using a 2.4 GHz radio frequency
802.11g - describes networks that transmit 54 mbps using a 2.4 GHz radio frequency
802.11n - describes networks that transmit up to 600 mbps using 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz frequencies
n is faster than g which is faster than b. The speed of a network connection is limited to the slowest part (so, if you have an 'n' router, but your laptop only supports 'g', you get the 'g' speed).
WEP, WPA, and WPA2 refer to data encryption schemes specified in parts of the 802.11 document. With Wi-Fi, you are broadcasting your network activity over a radio, and it's pretty obvious that anyone could eavesdrop on the transmission. By using cryptography, you can scramble the data being passed back and forth so that the sender and receiver still understand the messages sent, but an eavesdropper cannot.
WEP is a very simple encryption scheme, one that the methods to decrypt the data is pretty straight-forward. It's not effective against someone that wants to intentionally eavesdrop on your activities (or access your computer) because they can use software to determine the password simply enough.
WPA and WPA2 are improvements over WEP that make cracking the password even more difficult (WPA2 being better than WPA).
The "enterprise" version of WPA2 refers to a variation on WPA2 that requires special security servers, security certificates, and other complicated systems most likely only applicable to a corporate or military environment. It's impractical for a home or small office.
To connect to a wireless network, you generally don't have to worry about the encryption used since the computer will receive a notice from the wireless network about how it is setup and use the appropriate method. It's probably good for you to pay attention whether the network you are connecting to is secure or not.
If you are setting up a network at home using a cable modem or broadband router, or even just a Wi-Fi access point, you want to set it up to use WPA2 unless you have some very old computers that only support WPA. You should avoid using WEP.

802.1X Authentication fails when connecting to WPA Enterprise using Leopard

I'm trying to connect to an office WiFi network with my MacBook Pro which has 10.5.1 installed.
There are instructions on how to connect using Tiger which are very simple:
1. Enter network name
2. Wireless Security: WPA Enterprise
3. Enter domain credentials for username and password fields
4. 802.1X Configuration: Automatic
There are at least two people here using Tiger that can connect using these instructions.
I've tried the same thing with Leopard and keep getting an error dialog stating "802.1X Authentication has failed."
I've also tried fiddling with the 802.1X tab under "Advanced" (I know the protocol is PEAP), but no matter what I get the same error.

Turns out I was not authorized to use the WiFi. IT got me setup and everything works now.

Wifi WPA Enterprise

Hello,
My institution uses a very strict (apparently) WPA2 enterprise encryption. For wifi to work on my mac, I need to enter the 802.1x details manually from the network pref panel.
I need to enter TTLS authentification only (and leave PEAP, TLS, etc all disabled) and withint TTLS I need to specify PAP inner authentification.
If I do this, wifi works. If I leave the default settings (TTLS, PEAP, TLS enabled and TTLS with MSCHAPv2 as inner authentification) it doesn't work, and I obtain a "wrong username or password".
Now, with the iPhone I cannot specify any of these settings. I can only enter username and password for either WPA or WPA2 enterprise, and I keep on getting "incorrect user and password".
Is there any way I can configure my iphone correctly?
thanks.
Pd. No.. there's no way I can get IT to modify the network configuration. It's a pretty big government institution that spans all over Spain

I believe that you need to use the iPhone Configuration utility. The Enterprise Deployment guide:
http://manuals.info.apple.com/enUS/Enterprise_DeploymentGuide.pdf
gives details on what parameters can be set.
DISCLAIMER: I have never used the utility and can offer no help on how to use it!

WPA-Enterprise: WRT54GL or WAP54G or...?

Hi!
I'm planning to implement a WPA-Enterprise network with WPA encryption and 802.1x authentification through a FreeRADIUS server.
It's a requirement that all clients recieve their IP from our central DHCP server.
I'm considering both a WAP54G AP and a WRT54GL (since it's very versatilie with option for 3rd party linux OS and the difference in price is minimal) for this setup, although I'm open to other suggestions.
Anyone have experience in setting up a WPA-Enterprise and FreeRADIUS network, who've perhaps experienced either success or problems with it?
In regard to the WRT54GL I obviously need to disable the builtin DHCP server, but is it possible to achieve the DHCP passthrough while maintaining a IP on the router's WAN port for remote administration?
Kindly,
Thomas

Thanks for that info - I was thinking we had to plug the WAN cable into a LAN port, which I feared might screw around with the connection to the 802.1x authentication service.
Additional question:
Anyone know if roaming between AP's works (flawlessly?) when you're authenticated through 802.1x?

Connecting n96 to WPA Enterprise

Has anyone been able to connect a n96 to WPA Enterprise (TKIP Encryption; PEAP; EAP-MSCHAP v2) WLAN?
thanks.

Not sure what u mean by Enterprise but here is what I got my wireless router set with:
Authentication: WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK
Encryption: TKIP
Wireless Mode: 802.11b/g
DTIM Period: 3
Maximum Connection Rate: 53 Mbps
I have mine set to a custom pass phrase key.
When I used the WLAN scan on the handset, it found my wireless network very easy then all I had to do was select it then enter the pass phrase key. When I first started my Nokia PC Suite, my router said there was a conflict and placed my N96 with DMOZ Enabled. A quick reboot of the phone then everything working fine.
I have a BT2700HGV router.
Hope this is of some help to you

Connecting MBA to domain using WPA Enterprise

Hi guys!
I'm having "the usual" new MBA WiFi-problems, meaning my MBA keeps dropping the WiFi connection occasionally, but that's going on in another thread.
I don't know whether this is a related problem, but I can't seem to connect the MBA to the WiFi network at the office at all. The network connection dialog tells me my connection needs WPA Enterprise credentials, but no matter what I write, I won't get connected.
So I'll start with the basics. This works for every other device I have (PC laptop, iPhone, iPads and so on):
Username: \\MyDomain\MyUserName
Password: MyPassword
But not for the MBA. For the domain/username, I've tried single \´s and /´s and just about any combination just in case this is a "Mac syntax thing" (this is my first Mac laptop), with and without the MyDomain part, lowercase, uppercase, quotation marks around the password (as I saw mentioned in some thread in the case of alphanumeric WEP, or some such), but nothing works. I don't remember the exact error message, but it has to do with the authentication server perhaps not being available.
Apparently others have had problems with the WPA Enterprise connections as well, but could somebody just confirm that the \\MyDomain\MyUsename -syntax I'm using is indeed correct.
Cheers,
Kim

Marc,
I'm suprised that WPA works over WDS. I had thought that because WPA cycles the encryption key with each message transmission that the two Airport devices would quickly get out of sync.
But I do respect Alan's opinion, so I'd give in to his statement that it does work, I'll be searching through the update readme's to see when it started working.
You could always drop back to WEP encryption. Unless you have the FBI next door listening in and analysing all your network traffic, it's not going to be broken.
WPA changes the encryption key with each wireless message, WEP doesn't. So in theory, with WEP, someone could analyse all your network traffic, looking for patterns. You can work out just how hard that is.
If you choose an obvious password (like from a dictionary) it won't matter if you're on WPA instead of WEP, the Feds / hackers will be in in a short time.

10.4.2 and WPA Enterprise NOT working

Dears,
I have 2 machines configured in this way:
- 10.3.9 with Airport card (no Extreme) and latest Airport drivers;
- 10.4.2 with Airport Extreme card and latest Airport drivers;
I try to connect to our WPA Enterprise wireless network and i got 2 different results:
- 10.3.9 connects and works;
- 10.4.2 returns an error, the logs show the following:
2005-08-18 13:23:17.601 SystemUIServer[380] EAPOLControlCopyStateAndStatus failed for "en1" (err = 6)
There was an error trying to get authentication status: 6
com.apple.network.EAPOLController not active
Before upgrading to 10.4.2 the same machine with 10.4.1 was able to connect to WPA Enterprise.
I further investigated on this, seems that under 10.4.2 the folder /System/Library/SystemConfiguration/EAPOLController.bundle is empty, while under 10.4.1 it contained some files (oh yes, I have the disk image of the workstation when it had 10.4.1).
Maybe the guru guys from Apple can see if the 10.4.2 updater deleted those files in error.. bye !

Hi Rick,
I did the following:
- Re-install 10.4.2 upgrade;
- Re-install Airport 4.2 upgrade;
- Repair permissions;
- Check Keychain.
I still got those errors in the logs:
2005-08-19 16:01:07.966 Internet Connect[280] EAPOLControlCopyStateAndStatus failed for "en1" (err = 6)
There was an error trying to get authentication status: 6
com.apple.network.EAPOLController not active
2005-08-19 16:01:07.971 Internet Connect[280] EAPOLControlCopyStateAndStatus err = 6
com.apple.network.EAPOLController not active
Using Internet Connect I can see our wireless network, that is correctly identified as being encrypted with "WPA Enterprise" but after I entered user/password I got the following error:
"WPA Authentication failed. There was an error trying to get authentication status: 6"
I double checked username/password, mac address, base station configuration (Cisco AP-1131) and Radius server, are all ok (the other mac, with 10.3.9 joins our WPA network succesfully).
I'm stuck here..

WPA-Enterprise WIFI dropping after IOS 6 Upgrade

We use WPA-Enterprise authentication for our WIFI and since upgrading to IOS 6 the connection needs to be reautenticated everytime the iPad is unlocked. This is a major inconveience. With IOS 5 you only autenticated one time and whenever you unlocked your iPad you were already connected.
These are the required settings which IOS 6 still automatically navigates, but it doesn't maintain the login name and password (which autheticates to a RADIUS server):
Network Authentication: WPA-Enterprise
Data Encryption: AES or TKIP
EAP method: PEAP
Inner EAP method: MS-CHAP v2
Check Use Windows user name and password
Uncheck Validate Server certificate

It is forgetting the network everytime the iPad sleeps - even when it doesn't require an unlock passwod.

Annoying behaviour on WPA Enterprise wireless LAN

I have a PB 1.67 running OS X 10.3.9 (all patches installed)
When I connect it to our WPA Enterprise wireless LAN, I experience the following annoying behaviour.
Authentication may be slow (sometimes 10 to 15 minutes), but connection usually succeeds.
Then while I am actively web browsing or retrieving email, things are ok. However if I have to leave the computer for about 3 or more minutes, it seems to decide that it should no longer be on the network and I have to disconnect and then reconnect.
No send/rec errors show up in the info tab of network utility. IP address is there, status is active and the link is reported as 54Mb. It appears that my machine is not interested in participating on the network until it has been reconnected.
Does anybody have any ideas on how to track down what might be happening?
Thanks in advance.

A follow up:
I have observed that when I am this non-working state, my 802.1x authentication status shows idle.
Is there a way that I can trace what is happening at the 802.1x layer?

Setting up iPad, don't know what to select for security; WEP, WPA, WPA2, WPA Enterprise or WPA2 Enterprise. We have service through Charter cable.

Setting up iPad, don't know what to select for security; WEP, WPA, WPA2, WPA Enterprise or WPA2 Enterprise. We have service through Charter cable.
Thanks for your help!

Choose the strongest security available on your router, preferably WPA2 using AES encryption and a long complex passphrase with at least 14 characters (the maximum is 63 characters).

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