Good news. I notice that Cisco Active Advisor reports correctly, so it will be good not to have to explain the discrepancy 

Hello Dave, Has any progress been made on this warranty issue? I see SB products with lifetime warranties showing as "Warranty Expired" in various screen. Regards, Adam

Sort of.The recent 15.2(2)JA release adds a site-survey mode to 3500 and 3600 (and 1550) series access points. However, full standalone/autonomous operation isn't supported today.Here are the 15.2(2)JA release notes:http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/wi...

MS Technet has a guide that discusses W2K8 NPS set-up with wireless 802.1x. Is this what you're looking for?http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd283093(v=ws.10).aspx