Configure Enterprise SSID Authentication

First, create a standard wireless network policy. For more information, see Configure the SSID for a Standard Wireless Network.

This task is part of the network policy configuration workflow. Use this task to configure the SSID AUTHENTICATION options for Enterprise SSID authentication.

  1. On the 2 Wireless page for the policy, select Enterprise.

    This option requires users to authenticate by entering a user name and password, which the system checks against a RADIUS authentication server.

  2. Select the required Key Management from the menu, or keep the default value.

    Key Management options:

    • WPA3-802.1X uses 192-bit encryption, and simultaneous authentication of equals (SAE) instead of PSK exchanges. If all wireless clients support WPA3, it is a better choice than WPA2.
    • WPA2-802.1X supports PMK caching and preauthentication (WPA does not). If the wireless clients support WPA2, it is the better choice over WPA, and is the default.
    • WPA-802.1X does not support PMK caching or preauthentication. However, if you know that all the clients that are going to use this SSID were released before IEEE 802.11i was ratified in 2004 and only support WPA (not WPA2), this option allows the Extreme Networks devices to support them.

    The Encryption Method is CCMP (AES). Counter Mode-Cipher Block Chaining Message Authentication Code Protocol (CCMP) uses AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) encryption. CCMP provides message integrity by combining counter mode with CBC (cipher block chaining) to produce a MAC (message authentication code).

  3. Select SAVE.