If You cannot enable 802.1x authentication on computers running
Windows 2000 because support for 802.1x is not provided by default in Windows
2000. Therefore, the associated user interface (the Authentication tab) does
not appear in the Network Connection Properties dialog box.
A supported feature that modifies the product's default behavior is now
available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to modify the behavior
that this article describes. Apply it only to systems that specifically
require it. This feature may receive additional testing. Therefore, if
the system is not severely affected by the lack of this feature, we
recommend that you wait for the next Windows 2000 service pack that
contains this feature.
The following files are available for download from the Microsoft
Download Center:
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(http://download.microsoft.com/download/win2000platform/patch/q313664/nt5/en-us/q313664_w2k_sp4_x86_en.exe)
After you apply this update, follow these
steps to enable 802.1x authentication:
- Installing the hotfix installs the 802.1x service in the
disabled state. To change the Wireless Configuration service startup to Automatic: Right-click My Computer, and then click
Manage. Click Services and Applications, and
then click Services. Set the Startup value
for the service to Automatic, and then start the
service.
- Open Network Connections by clicking
Start, pointing to Settings, clicking
Control Panel, and then double-clicking Network
Connections.
- Right-click the wireless connection for which you want to
enable or disable 802.1x authentication, and then click
Properties.
- On the Authentication tab, do one of the following:
- To enable 802.1x authentication for this connection,
click to select the Enable network access control using IEEE
802.1x check box. By default, this check box is selected.
- To disable 802.1x authentication for this connection,
click to clear the Enable network access control using IEEE
802.1x check box.
- In the EAP type box, click the Extensible Authentication
Protocol type that is to be used with this connection.
- If you click Smart Card or other Certificate in the EAP
type box, you can configure additional properties if you click Properties and
then follow these steps in Smart Card or other Certificate properties:
- To use the certificate that is located in the
certificate store on your computer for authentication, click Use a
certificate on this computer.
- To verify that the server certificate that is presented
to your computer is still valid, click to select the Validate server
certificate check box, specify whether to connect only if the server
is located in a particular domain, and then specify the trusted root
certification authority.
- To use a different user name when the user name in the
certificate is different from the user name in the domain to which you are
logging on, click to select the Use a different user name for the
connection check box.
- If you click Protected EAP (PEAP) in the
EAP type box, your Windows user name and password are used for
authentication.
- To specify whether the computer should try authentication
on the network if a user is not logged on, if the computer or user information
is not available, or both, follow these steps:
- To specify that the computer try authentication on the
network if a user is not logged on, click to select the Authenticate as
computer when computer information is available check box. By default,
this check box is selected.
- To specify that the computer try authentication on the
network if user information or computer information is not available, click to
select the Authenticate as guest when user or computer information is
unavailable check box.
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