Checklist: Installing a user certificate on a wireless client over an unauthenticated Ethernet connection

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Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

Checklist: Installing a user certificate on a wireless client over an unauthenticated Ethernet connection

Step Reference

Configure the IAS server and wireless access points for wireless access.

Checklist: Configuring the IAS server and wireless access points for wireless access

Connect your wireless client computer to the organization network using an unauthenticated Ethernet connection.

 

Join the domain.

Join a domain

Restart the computer when prompted and log on to the domain.

 

Install a user certificate on the wireless client computer.

Request a certificate;

Submit a user certificate request via the Web

Configure the network connection that corresponds to your wireless network adapter for EAP-TLS authentication.

Right-click the network connection, and then click Properties. Click the Authentication tab. Select Smart Card or other Certificate as the Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) type. Click Properties, and then click Use a certificate on this computer. Click OK three times to save changes to the network connection.

Move your wireless client computer within range of the configured wireless access point.

 

When the wireless client computer connects, it will authenticate with the new user certificate and receive an authenticated connection to the wireless access point.

 

Note

  • You can configure IAS in Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition, with a maximum of 50 RADIUS clients and a maximum of 2 remote RADIUS server groups. You can define a RADIUS client using a fully qualified domain name or an IP address, but you cannot define groups of RADIUS clients by specifying an IP address range. If the fully qualified domain name of a RADIUS client resolves to multiple IP addresses, the IAS server uses the first IP address returned in the DNS query. With IAS in Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition, and Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition, you can configure an unlimited number of RADIUS clients and remote RADIUS server groups. In addition, you can configure RADIUS clients by specifying an IP address range.