It really depends on the reliability of the connection. If you don't
have any collisions or deferments that would require packet
retransmission, then the authentication can appear to be instantaneous.
If you have a pretty noisy environtment, though, having to do a single
retransmit can cause the authentication to take several seconds. It
also depends on which authentication method you're using to some degree.
Standard EAP-TLS based protocols will take longer because they have to
exchange more packets, meaning more possibility for lost
packets/retransmits.
--Mike
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Michael Griego
Wireless LAN Project Manager
The University of Texas at Dallas
David Morton wrote:
Depending upon the network and other variables I have seen it take
anywhere from under one to several seconds.
David
On Nov 30, 2005, at 7:41 AM, Tom Klimek wrote:
Trying to determine an acceptable length of time it takes to
authenticate a user from an AP to a Radius server. Length of time from
radius Access-Request to Access-Accept ? Our experience is 1 - 2.5
seconds. Is this typical ?
--Tom Klimek
University of Notre Dame
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