Cisco Wireless :: Does WLC 5508 (7.2) Support PEAP To MS Radius
Oct 9, 2012
I'm running version 7.2.111.3 on my WLC 5508 and I try to figure out how I can set PEAP towards my configurerd Radius servers. On my Local EAP profile I can specify PEAP, but how is it default configurerd when you just specify the radius servers on the "WLANs > Edit Test > security > AAA servers tab ?
The MS radius logs tell me that it is EAP and not PEAP, so the questions is does the WLC support Microsoft: Protected EAP ???
Dot1x_NW_MsgTask_0: Oct 10 11:02:27.279: 24:77:03:07:75:28 AAA EAP Packet created request = 0x1bd4647c.. !!!! -> should be AAA PEAP ?
*Dot1x_NW_MsgTask_0: Oct 10 11:02:27.279: 24:77:03:07:75:28 Sending EAP Attribute (code=2, length=35, id=2) for mobile 24:77:03:07:75:28*Dot1x_NW_MsgTask_0: Oct 10 11:02:27.280: 24:77:03:07:75:28 [BE-req] Radius EAP/Local WLAN 3.
I am trying to follow the Fips guide for the WLC5508 and it wants to encrypt the connection to the Radius, either with PSK key wrap or IPsec. I have the options for Ipsec only as the Windoes NPS does not support Key wrap from what a previous user confirmed for me here on the board.. But then found another post that states that the 5508 does not support IPsec?
I am trying to configure a 1242 or 3502 WGB with PEAP. There is not ACS server involved as Windows RADIUS is used. I can get the WGB to work with OPEN Authentication but when I attempt to add in the authentication/security piece I get "no association." Below is my current config. The WLAN is set to use WPA/WPA2 802.1x + CCKM.
Current configuration : 1812 bytes ! ! Last configuration change at 00:56:39 CST Tue Mar 2 1993 version 15.2
I bought 2 Cisco 1140 series Access Points a couple of months ago. We would like to use PEAP to autheticate with Microsoft IAS Radius Server & Active directory. I cannot find a document which describes how to setup this type of configuration. The only document which is close is how to setup LEAP & with ACS: [URL] I initially followed the 'TechReplublic's Ultimate Guide to Enterprise Wireless LAN Security' which has all the steps to setup Radius server, client side configuration, Certificates and finally a handy excel script to generate a config for the AP. This did not work. [URL] I am now trying to configure the AP using the Web GUI. I can see the network on the client machine but when I try to connect it timesout.
We are currently evaluating ISE and I am stuck with the PEAP authentication (with Server side Cert).Our current setup consists of two 5508 controllers, 30+ access point. For authentication we are using PEAP with (server side Cert). We have an IAS server which is also acting as a CA server. We are using Cisco’s NAM as a supplicant on Windows XP & 7 workstations. I would like to use ISE for authentication. I would like to use PEAP with Server side Cert (similar setup like IAS). I want ISE to perform the same function in addition to profiling etc.....
I was able to integrate ISE with Active Directory but could not get it working with PEAP (server side Cert). I would also like to know if they used Microsoft’s CA server or Open SSL CA server or a third party CA server (Go Daddy, VeriSign etc.)Can you we ISE as a CA server just the way we used Microsoft’s IAS Server as a CA Server?
i have configured 35 APs 3502i in 5508 WLC, now i want to get access to ap via radius. Currently i can connect to them via SSH with both user and password set in wireless> access point > global configuration, well, how do i configure the management AP user through RADIUS?
I have a WLAN configured with 802.1x PEAP pointing to an external RADIUS server. It works fine for the most part, but I'm having problem closing accounting sessions in RADIUS. I've found this is related to the client table in the WLC. The user session does not end in RADIUS unless the WLC officially removes the client from the db, which takes 5-6 minutes from what I can see (probably due to the default idle timeout of 300 seconds).
For example:
1. I connect my tablet to the test WLAN. It associates and authenticates successfully and the WLC sends the accounting info to my RADIUS server, opening up a user session. If I turn off the wifi in the tablet, the client entry stays in the WLC client table until it times out. The WLC removes my tablet from the client table after 5-6 minutes, and then the session closes in the accounting table. I can force the session to close much earlier by manually removing the client from the WLC.
2. Same as #1, but this time instead of turning of the wifi in the tablet, I choose to connect to a different WLAN in the WLC. The user session in the accounting DB never closes. If I reconnect back to the original test WLAN with 802.1x, it opens up yet another user session in RADIUS accounting. Now I have a "dead" user session in accounting that is going to be open forever unless I delete it from SQL.
Is this an issue with the end user client not sending the disassociation frame properly, or a config problem with the WLC? How can I make it so that every time a client drops from an AP or moves to a different WLAN, the WLC would immediately send accounting updates to my RADIUS server and close the user session properly?
I recently got a refurbished external (USB) wireless adapter by Netgear. It's the WNA3100 but who knows what they did to it while refurbishing it.
I tried using it to connect to the wireless network at my university, and I got the above-displayed error. So what's the deal? This RADIUS thing is not a new technology, right? So any modern wireless adapter should be able to handle it. Why would this thing not support it?
Secondly, if it doesn't work, that's alright. I need a second wireless adapter anyway, so I could use this one at home where the RADIUS thing is not an issue. But how do I make sure this does not happen again with another one that I buy? I can't seem to find anywhere in the specs anything about this compatibility. For instance, I believe I want to get this one next:URL
I am biulding a wireless network with 5508 WLC and trying to use ISE as radius server and also to redirect the web-login to it.I was trying to understand that to achieve the external web-login, do i need to use the raduius-nac option under advanced on the guest wireless where i am trying this out. and if not, where do i actually use it?So far what i have understood that i do need to have preauth ACL on the Layer 3 security, but the issue is there is no hit reaching the ISE.
I'm working on a project where a wi-fi client is tracked and located using RADIUS authentication requests. The problem I'm running into is that the WLC (5508) sends an RADIUS authentication request to my freeradiusd, which is ok so far, but if the client roams to another accesspoint (3602AG, 1131AG, 1252AG), the WLC does not send a further RADIUS auth. request - and the client is allowed to connect to the next ap.Is there an option like RADIUS-cache which I can disable, so that the WLC sends everytime an authentication request when a client tries to connect to an ap or roams from one ap to another one?
I am setting up a WIFI network with a Cisco 5508 controller. I want to configure a first WIFI network (WIFI1) that will authenticate my business laptop based on the AD computer accounts and will access my corporate network.I want to setup a second WIFI network (WIFI2) that will authenticate my phones and tablets devices with AD user accounts and will be on a separate vlan with only access to the Internet.I created 2 policies on the Radius server : one that authenticate computers coming from wireless and a second one authenticating users coming from wireless.
if a user manually creates the WIFI1 network on his phone and enter his AD username, he is going to have access to the corporate network. I would like to be able to say that when a request is coming from WIFI1, only the policy for authenticating wireless devices with computer accounts will apply and the second policy authenticating user wouldn't apply.
Since I moved our WLC Controller ( 5508 ) from Version 7.0 to Version 7.2.111.3 I got above failure messages. Until now I changed the radius timeout from 2 to 10 seconds and also I disabled the aggressive failover without success. What else it could be ?
Cisco WLC 5508 Software Version: 7.4.100.0 Windows Server 2008R2
I've got everything setup on the Windows Server 2008 side of things (certificates, radius clients, etc). I added the radius server on the WLC, and configured a new W LAN to use it. Both are on the same sub net. When trying to connect to the W LAN it kept failing. I installed wire shark on the server to monitor the radius traffic, and to my surprise there was no radius traffic showing up on the server. The radius statistics on the WLC are at 0 as well, so it's like the WLC isn't even attempting Radius.
I re verified that the server was enabled on both the security tab and the W LAN itself on the WLC. Rebooted the controller and the server, all to no avail. I used a radius test client, and can successfully send radius commands to the server using that utility. Frustrated, I just kept trying to reconnect on my wireless device, and after about the 15th try, finally I saw radius activity on wire shark. It rejected my access, but at least I saw activity. It also registered radius statistics on the WLC as well.
So now if I keep trying to connect repeatedly, about every dozen or so times the WLC actually will send a radius request to the server.
How Cisco Identity Service Engine (ISE) can work with WLAN controller 5508 to do the Local Web Authentication, on behalf tje guest profile is create using Cisco ISE guest management?
As i check Cisco ISE caveat wireless only support on LWA, and LWA not supported on Authorization's VLAN assignment.
what i need to concern abou the ISE authentication and authorization policy on behalf on Wireless LWA with use of ISE guest management case?
We are trying to integrate Cisco WLC 5508 and Microsoft NPS 2008 to allow users to use their AD username and password to authenticate to the wireless network.I basically followed the following document but with no luck (Appendix B): URL I'v went through some threads in this forum but also with no luck,Basically, we are recieving the follwoing error in NPS event viewer:A RADIUS message was received from RADIUS client a.a.a.a with an invalid authenticator. This is typically caused by mismatched shared secrets. Verify the configuration of the shared secret for the RADIUS client in the Network Policy Server snap-in and the configuration of the network access server.
I have a customert that needs to support 200 laptops over 16 classrooms with scalability to 400 laptops. I have a heatmap design to cover this with 22 1042 access points. Does any one know what features the 5508 has over the 2504? By reviewing the data sheets, the biggest feature difference is better support for mobility, which not a need for this deployment as they just wheel a cart of laptops into a classroom and fire them up. Also, does the 2504 support LAG across the four gig interfaces?
In our Environment we used to Connect to wifi using Radius Authentication Through AD Account (Encryption: TKIP and CIpher, Authentication Open+EAP and Network EAP, Key management WPA) this settings which will be done And pushed through AD Itself.We Use CIsco 1130AG, 1200 Series in most of the areas which have no Issues.But We Have Some trouble with Cisco WAP4410N Access point.In This Access point users were not able to Connect to wifi through Radius Authentication.However users were able to Connect to these Access point, but it is unsecured, whoever configure's the correct client settings in their PC. They can connect to SSID. This Access point is capable of supporting Radius Authentication?
I am transitioning from RADIUS auth to local auth and i don't want to hassle everyone to change in one hit.If i can get auth requests to look in the WLC local net db first and if not found try RADIUS then this is what i am after! You can easily do it with web auth but doesnt seem so easy via WPA2 method.
I have a 5508 controller running 7.4.100 and have a WLAN where I have radius configured. On my controller the client machine I'm using appears but the radius authentication doesn't appear to be working. Is there anything on the controller I can do to verify that the request is even being sent to my Microsoft IAS server? The log on the server doesn't show any requests from the controller so my early days guess is the controller isn't actually sending it.
getting a Cisco WLC to work with MS NPS server? We've done it before albeit with differnt code versions.
I have a Cisco 5508 WLC running 7.0.116.0 code hosting a WLAN configured for WPA2 with 802.1x for authentication. I have two Windows NPS servers configured as the RADIUS servers for EAP-TLS authentication. Via debug info on the WLC I can see the 802.1x handshake take place with the wireless client and the WLC as well as a successful transmission of an Authentication Packet from the WLC to one of the RADIUS servers. However on the WLC I see repeated RADIUS server x.x.x.x:1812 deactivated in global list and on the NPS server I'm seeing event log errors indicating "The Network Policy Server discarded the request for a user" along with the pertinent auth request info that I would expect the NPS server to receive from the WLC. Based on the WLC debug info I'm never actually getting to the EAP-TLS certificate authentication part. It seems the NPS servers don't like the format of the initial RADIUS authentication request coming from the WLC and so don't respond whcih in turn casues to WLC to switch to the other NPS server which produces the same issue.
I'm a trainee in Network and Telecommunication, and I have to do a "model" with a controller, an AP, and a RADIUS server. Communication and configuration of the lightweight AP has been done.
I use an autonomous access point 1220 as the RADIUS server (no considering it as an AP), and I'm a beginner in RADIUS configuration. I get a "Processing AAA Error 'No Server' (-7) for mobile 00:24:d6:8f:2c:7e" when I launch a debug targetting my PC, connecting to the LAP.
Precursory : 10.137.125.71 is the IP address of the ap1220, working as the RADIUS server 10.137.125.15 is the IP address of the controller. 00:24:d6:8f:2c:7e is the MAC address of my PC, connecting to the Wi-Fi. ping works to the RADIUS, to the controller. Each devices are connected by a layer 3 Switch, and ping each others. The Wi-Fi works when I don't use 802.1X (or when I don't use RADIUS authentication at all)
What I did on the RADIUS server (ap1220 autonomous) :
aaa new-model radius-server local nas 10.137.125.15 key password
We are experiencing a lot of these RADIUS failed to respond messages on our WLC's leading to a lot of RADIUS server hopping within the WLC.We are using Cisco 5508's, 1142 AP's and a Microsoft NPS RADIUS backend. SSID is WPA2+802.1xThe first workaround to this problem was to disable aggressive failover on the WLC. But this is only a temporary fix, because in the end, there will be more than 3 consequetive clients, failing to authenticate to the WLAN network. As a result, the WLC will swap to the 2nd RADIUS server configured.When we dived into this a little bit more we saw the following messages being logged on the RADIUS backend at the time we saw the RADIUS messages on the WL:Event ID: 6274: Network Policy Server discarded the request for a user.
I have a customer that wants to restrict SSIDs that groups get based on their AD credentials. Currently, he is using Windows 2008 Radius Server and AD with Cisco 5508 WLCs. I found examples that shows this is possible but my question is if I have 2 user groups (teachers and students) in AD and apply a policy for the Radius to send SSID x to teachers and SSID y to students. Upon successfully authentication, would this deny teachers access to SSID y and students access to SSID x?
As we know that WLC (i.e. 5508) does not support MAB (MAC Auth Bypass) and it supports CWA in 7.2.x. CWA is a result of successfull MAB. So how CWA work for wireless? So it means WLC support MAB?
I have a new deployment of 44 3502i AP's in 3 buildings at one of my campus'.The 5508 wlc is running latest 7.0.116.0 code.I have some users who take their work with them as they go from location to location on this campus.They need to be able to smoothly switch from AP to AP without having to reauthenticate each time the next AP takes over in the handoff.On the ssid in question we run 802.1x back to 1 auth server; there is no failover auth server.All APs are in one AP Group.My thought is to add all 44 of the APs to one HREAP Group.
I have seen that the current WLC software release, 7.0.116.0, does not support secure LDAP using TLS. Are there any plans to incorporate this feature? (I've read that it was supported in previous releases to version 4.2). Is it in the roadmap of the product?
We are moving forward with a mobility project which requires our network to authenticate/authorize based on certificates.
WLAN_1 has 802.1x enabled passing the cert through to the MS CA which authorizes the cred, which in turn passes the AD creds of the user to the MS RADIUS server for authenticate/authorization.
Hardware: WLC 5508 running 7.2.110.0 3600 APs ACS 5.2 not used for AAA
1. As we turn up additional SSIDs, we need Mobile SSID to accept ONLY the Mobile Cert, our Internet SSID to only accept the Internal Cert and our GUEST SSID to deny ANY Cert issued by our CA.I know ISE makes this much easier, but I dont have it and need this to work as best we can until next fiscal cycle..
I see many errors in the ACS 5.1(or 5.3) :5411 EAP session timed out..Becasue I checked the "remember my username and password everytime login" in the wireless network properties, and I can succeed to login finally. but in the ACS will see many errors like ”5411 EAP session timed out“
(Cisco Controller) >debug client 58:1f:aa:8f:ea:44 Fri Apr 13 16:09:36 2012: 58:1f:aa:8f:ea:44 Sending EAP-Request/Identity to mobile 58:1f:aa:8f:ea:44 (EAP Id 1) Fri Apr 13 16:09:36 2012: 58:1f:aa:8f:ea:44 Received EAPOL EAPPKT from mobile 58:1f:aa:8f:ea:44 Fri Apr 13 16:09:36 2012: 58:1f:aa:8f:ea:44 Received Identity Response (count=1) from mobile 58:1f:aa:8f:ea:44 Fri Apr 13 16:09:36 2012: 58:1f:aa:8f:ea:44 EAP State update from Connecting to Authenticating for mobile 58:1f:aa:8f:ea:44 Fri Apr 13 16:09:36 2012: 58:1f:aa:8f:ea:44 dot1x - moving mobile 58:1f:aa:8f:ea:44 into Authenticating state
I have been trying to figure out for days now how to get Windows XP/Windows 7 and Apple iPads to connect to a broadcasted SSID and authenticate with PEAP without getting prompted to verify a certificate that exists on ACS.
In Windows 7, I get a window that says the connection attempt could not be completed and get a warning that the certificate could not be validated. If I manually configure a wireless connection and specify PEAP to accept my trusted root certificate authority (in the default list), it doesn't prompt but having users do this is not acceptable and more work than to just verify when prompted. I have no control over the devices connecting so I can't push anything down using GPOs.
For the iPad, I get a similar message that the certificate authority can't be verified and you have to accept.
For the certs, I have tried GoDaddy and Starfield. How to get this working without getting prompted to verify/validate a certificate authority? If so, what cert are you using? I have the intermediate certs installed in ACS and Windows and iPads see them because as soon as I delete, the screen that pops up changes to my actual cert.
we have acs 4.2 as our radius server, and 2 wlc 4404 with a wism2 for our wireless network. we have 2 SSID network, lets call them SSID A and B. A have a more restricted access to server than B.PEAP machine authentification is authorize on both network, to let our users laptop connect before the user login, this enable us to have our computer gpo deploy before the user logon, or have network access to authenticate a user to our directory if he had not logon previously on the laptop.
Users from group A can't logon to SSID B, they can only logon to SSID A, but we have some clever users from group A who have change they wireless setting to only send machine authentification (this can be done in the advance setting of a wireless network in windows 7) to connect to SSID B
We can't force the wireless config by GPO because we don't have an ad 2008 domain, we are still in 2003 soo we can't change the gpo for windows 7 wireless setting . I can't force user to require machine authentification and user authentification because we have a lot of ipad and iphone, and other mobile device that connect using only their user credentials.Is there a way I could configure this without having to disable machine authentification for SSID B?
