"Jerry Roy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I want to know if Mac filtering will be too much of a headache vs.
> having the AP proxy the authentication/association to a radius server?

  MAC authentication can be spoofed.  EAP can't be.

> If I use Radius, can I make it so only the employee needs to
> authenticate?

  No, but I'm not sure you want to allow un-authenticated users onto
your network.

> If I use 802.1x, I am thinking the Radius server back at the corporate
> location will be on their DMZ. Is the shared Secret in clear text
> between the AP/Router to the Radius server?

  The shared secret is never sent in any packet.

> Is PEAP, the most logical choice here? Why wouldn't I use it?

  If PEAP works, you can use it.  If you're running Linux clients, I'd
recommend EAP-TTLS.

  Alan DeKok.

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