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Dell Wyse ThinLinux 1.0.3 Administrator’s Guide

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802.1x Configuration

To configure the network connections:
  • NOTE: Currently, 802.1x configuration by using the Enable802 INI parameter is supported only for Wired connections and supported authentications are EAP-PEAP (MSCHAPv2) and EAP-TLS using SCEP.

    • Supported seamless 802-1x authentication works with Linux thin clients by using Active Directory domain user credentials for EAP-MSCHAPv2 authentication, see EAP PEAP MSCHAPv2 Authentication Workflow .

    • EAP-TLS is certificate-based authentication which uses SCEP for certificate enrollment, see EAP TLS Authentication Workflow .

      The following diagram depicts communication between the components in an 802.1x Linux thin client solution.

  • NOTE: EAP-TLS security requires client side and server side certificates for mutual authentication. Every user and client, including the authentication server that participates in EAP-TLS, must have at least the following two certificates:
    • Client certificate signed by the certificate authority (CA).

    • Copy of the CA root certificate.

  • IMPORTANT: Dell recommends you to set INI values for all the 802-1x parameters because these parameters are part of the persistent registry which will remain across the reboot and if any parameter is not set, it will take the previously set value, which may show inconsistent behaviors.

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