I've seen this from time to time on some machines, even with the
built in Windows supplicant. If the 802.1x state timers on the
RADIUS server timeout before the user enters his credentials, then
the next EAP exchange following the user entering his credentials
will result in the RADIUS server refusing the authentication. This
will cause the supplicant to try to authenticate again, usually
resulting in the user being presented with the password prompt again.
I can't see I've ever seen an instance, though, where it's the fault
of the supplicant itself that things aren't happening quickly
enough. Usually, its a user not paying attention to the little popup
balloon asking him to enter his credentials that results in the auth
timeout.
--Mike
On Feb 2, 2007, at 11:14 AM, Matt Ashfield wrote:
Hi All
This kind of has to do with a thread that has been ongoing, except
we do not
use Active Directory or Novell in our situation.
We're currently trying to do some testing with 802.1x username/
password
authentication. Basically a user connects to an SSID, and gets
prompted for
credentials via a dialog box, credentials are entered, compared
against LDAP
via Radius and then they get connected. This does work, but we're
seeing
some oddness between laptops.
The main problem seems to be on laptops which use wireless vendor
configuration utilities such as Dell or IBM ThinkVantage, etc.. In
some of
those, it seems like the user is not prompted for credentials quick
enough.
And once they are prompted, it either doesn't work, or they get
prompted
again, and eventually they will work and connect.
I'm just wondering if anyone else ran into this or a similar type
problem
and if so, what did you do to correct it?
Any info is greatly appreciated.
Matt Ashfield
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