I've been doing extensive testing of PEAP with the XP client and with Mac OS X 10.4. Our access points are mostly Proxim 600s with some HP 420s.
Once connected it works great and will stay connected. However, getting connected is wildly inconsistent. On the mac I may have to hit "connect" one to ten times. Sometimes it says connected, but isn't. On XP I get it working with one access point, but when I try to roam it usually fails. Eventually both Mac and XP will connect, but I'm not sure what's going on when it is failing. In both cases I get no log entries on the IAS server. I've tried 5-10 types of XP laptops. Only one, brand-new unit was WPA-2 ready without applying the "optional" patch. Units from last summer needed the patch. Units 2 yrs old required firmware updates from the vendor. Since I'm forced to have a non-broadcast SSID (I can only broadcast one and I want to keep the old vpn-protected system in place) I've found I also had to download separate configuration software which is different for different models of laptops. All in all, I don't see this as being ready for primetime for thousands of users, and yet I know many of you are using this now. Perhaps my problem is either older access points or the non-broadcast SSID. We will be doing a forklift to a new system starting next year, but I was hoping to have 802.1x on the current system before the changeout is complete. Sigh. Tom Zeller Indiana University [EMAIL PROTECTED] 812-855-6214 ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
