Many WLAN’s administrators purchase commercial SSL certificates for their RADIUS server to use for PEAP 802.1X authentication. The advantage of this approach is that a cert from a common commercial CA is likely to have its root CA cert already installed on all the clients accessing the network. Although many clients will still prompt the user to trust the server’sContinue reading “Configure FreeRADIUS with Different CA’s for PEAP and EAP-TLS”
Category Archives: WLAN
Get Your WLAN Ready for Carrier Wi-Fi Calling
To follow-up my last post where I expressed concern about marking cellular carrier Wi-Fi calls with the proper QoS class, I’m please to see that Cisco will include application signatures for Wi-Fi Calling in it’s upcoming AVC Protocol Pack 15 update. Other vendors should follow suit. Keep in mind that changing the classification of VoWiFi packets onContinue reading “Get Your WLAN Ready for Carrier Wi-Fi Calling”
Layer 7 Firewalls and QoS on the WLAN
Several WLAN vendors offer layer 7, or application layer, firewalls and quality of service tools. The feature has different names depending on the vendor (Application Visibility and Control, Layer 7 Visibility, AppRF, etc.), but they all try to do the same thing. These tools work at the application layer to identify packets for processing through firewallContinue reading “Layer 7 Firewalls and QoS on the WLAN”
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