topic flex connect in Wireless https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/flex-connect/m-p/2088058#M32176 <P>If the flex connect device drops and Active Directory is down for whatever reason, can you still authenticate via WPA?<BR /><BR />And then when The link is back, can it switch to AD with no user interaction?<BR /><BR />On site with a. Customer.</P> Sun, 04 Jul 2021 06:00:16 GMT micwill3 2021-07-04T06:00:16Z flex connect https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/flex-connect/m-p/2088058#M32176 <P>If the flex connect device drops and Active Directory is down for whatever reason, can you still authenticate via WPA?<BR /><BR />And then when The link is back, can it switch to AD with no user interaction?<BR /><BR />On site with a. Customer.</P> Sun, 04 Jul 2021 06:00:16 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/flex-connect/m-p/2088058#M32176 micwill3 2021-07-04T06:00:16Z flex connect https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/flex-connect/m-p/2088059#M32177 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>No... if your wlan is setup for 802.1x, and the connection to radius or AD is broke, you will not be able to have any new authentication.&nbsp; There is no switching to WPA psk if that what you mean.&nbsp; But if your wlan is wpa or wpa2 psk, then the device connection will continue to work.</P><P></P><P>Thanks, </P><P> <BR />Scott <BR /> <BR />Help out other by using the rating system and marking answered questions as "Answered"</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 08 Nov 2012 21:24:09 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/flex-connect/m-p/2088059#M32177 Scott Fella 2012-11-08T21:24:09Z flex connect https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/flex-connect/m-p/2088060#M32178 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>No., SSID doesn't switch between WPA-PSK and AD. WPA is L2 wireless encryption, AD is user authentication.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 08 Nov 2012 21:25:10 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/flex-connect/m-p/2088060#M32178 Saravanan Lakshmanan 2012-11-08T21:25:10Z