In pass through mode, the certificate and private key are created by the third-party Certificate Authentication application. To successfully configure 802.1x authentication of a wireless AP, the AP must first be configured for 802.1x authentication before the AP is deployed on a 802.1x enabled switch port.
Before you configure 802.1x using EAP-TLS authentication in pass through mode, create a certificate using the third-party Certificate Authentication application and save the certificate file in PKCS #12 file format (.pfx file extension) on your system.
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The password that was used to protect the private key must be a maximum of 31 characters long.The 802.1x EAP-TLS authentication in pass through mode is assigned to the wireless AP. The AP can now be deployed to a 802.1x enabled switch port.