Re: Win2k & 802.1x (EAP)

From: Matt Scarborough (vexversa@verizon.net)
Date: 10/13/02 

From: Matt Scarborough <vexversa@verizon.net>
Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2002 09:51:33 +0000

On Sat, 12 Oct 2002 10:41:17 +0100, cryptokid wrote
<m1Sp9.4766$pb4.905@news-binary.blueyonder.co.uk>
> I am from a cisco background and lost in the world of windows service packs,
> patches and hotfixes. Can anyone definitively tell me whether win2k can
> implement any EAP or LEAP features from 802.1x? If so what service pack,
> hotfixes etc are needed because the microsoft website surprisingly doeasn`t
> seem to answer this questionclearly. Having read some of the postings on
> this newsgroup it would appear that SP2 implements 802.1x but not SP3. But
> according to the cisco documentation, 802.1x works with SP3 and a "windows
> 2000 wireless 802.1x hot fix". Has anyone stumbled across this mythical
> beast? Many thanks.

The mythical beasty is rumoured by 2002 years end. Until then, the solution seems to
be Cisco's own software, APs, and and NICs. This is certainly true for LEAP. Windows
2000 servers will do the PKI and RADIUS side --- but at present, AFAIK, you need XP
clients.
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q318/7/10.asp

(I hope I'm wrong about this and someone will point to the patch. ;-)
Matt Scarborough 2002-10-13

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