wireless - autonomous

[dkblee]

hi! can i connect a 1242 cisco ap (autonomous setup) into a non cisco switch (eg. linksys or dlink) and configured it as a guest vlan but user will need to key in password and username to login?

[maldehne]

As I can understand , you are interested in connecting Your 1242 autonomous AP to non-cisco switch while having security measures on the WLAN created ( SSID ) on the AP to prompt for username & Password.

You can do that with no issue.

Regarding the Security measure you should configure the AP to act as authenticator for one of the EAP types.

Here is a couple of links that would help in both cases:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk722/tk809/technologies_configuration_example09186a0080665ceb.shtml

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/wireless/ps4570/products_configuration_example09186a00801bd035.shtml

Regards

[dkblee]

hi! does that mean that i configure the AP as an authenticator....there won't be a need to have a external radius or authentican svr right? I just need my 1242 AP to be able to prompt user to key in passphase/password, or account to login with password requierd. Are both of these authentication methods possible in this AP in a 1-2 APs environment without any svr?

[maldehne]

Of course you can configure the AP to be as Authenticator and backend authentication server at the same time.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/docs/wireless/access_point/12.4_3g_JA/configuration/guide/s43local.html