802.1x on 2.0

Frank,

Sorry to be misleading, turns out the manual WPA2 Enterprise setting uses EAP-LEAP ( I posted before knowing which flavor/s of EAP the supplicant was using). -But which ever EAP flavor the client uses, the controller/AP doesn't care, as long as it's 802.1x. That was my point, that as long as you’re not using one of the flavors that require certificates to be preinstalled, you should be okay using the manual "join". The client will advertise which flavors of EAP it's capable of using and they negotiate which one to use. You’re correct, there are a lot of ways of setting up 802.1x authentication, but it really doesn't matter which flavor of EAP you use, its personal preference related to security/client support/manageability of the certificates. I would never configure LEAP on a client, but apparently that’s what the manual WPA2 Enterprise is using. Here’s a paste from my WCS:

Authenticated Yes
Policy Type WPA2
Encryption Cipher ccmpAes
EAP Type LEAP

Yeah, we are using TTLS with PAP.

My University uses the following wifi-network security settings. ->About the Encrypted Network
The WVU.Encrypted network uses the WiFi Protected Access protocol suite to authenticate and encrypt all wireless traffic. WPA2-Enterprise is the more secure and preferred protocol; WPA-Enterprise is also supported for older clients. The internal protocols are AES, PEAP and MSCHAPv2. The WVU.Encrypted network uses WPA/WPA2 and 802.1X (PEAP) for maximum data security. You will need a notebook or wireless device which supports WPA and AES in order to connect to the encrypted network, and you will have to preconfigure a wireless profile for the network before you can connect.

I know with the new 2.0 software I am supposed to be able to connect with the WPA2 but have been unsuccessful in doing so. This is a link that shows how to set up the network on a Mac. -> http://oit.wvu.edu/wireless/wvuencrypted/configMacOSX.php

I am able to connect to the network with no problems on my Macbook. Any suggestions or tips on connecting my iPhone would be greatly appreciated. My local IT department will not help me.
Thanks

aus1ander wrote:
Are you able to automatically reconnect to the network after you come out of sleep mode? I have a Touch and whenever I come out of sleep mode, I have to manually go into the Wireless settings and tap on my company's SSID to reconnect (its a hidden network, if that matters--I actually clicked "this is a hidden network" when I used the apple configuration utility). They run WPA-2 Enterprise with LEAP. My IT department has been no help at all.

My iPhone exhibits the same behavior... stinks. If anyone knows of a workaround I'd be much obliged.

My university also uses 802.1x and IT told me I could not use an iPhone. Well, followed your suggestion and it works great. Only my username did not require @institution.edu. Thanks!!!!