Newbie question re: consumer-grade APs

Ken Raeburn raeburn at MIT.EDU
Tue Feb 3 17:15:28 EST 2004


"Tim Alsop" <Tim.Alsop at home.3b.co.uk> writes:
> If you are using a Symbol Access Point, then the built-in Kerberos support
> in these products will mean that access to the network over 802.11b/g/a will
> require authentication. If correctly configured the Symbol AP can be made to
> only allow access using Kerberos - this means that somebody who has a device
> with a WLAN card installed will not be able to authenticate unless the
> device has Kerberos support (i.e. provided by Symbol) and they have a valid
> identity which they authenticate with when accessing the corporate network
> wirelessly.

Ah, I hadn't thought about Kerberos in the AP itself, used to control
network access.  I'll have to read up on the offerings....

Ken



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