WEC8500/8050 Maintenance Manual
Version 5.1
Samsung Electronics America
page 45 of 87
2.2 Access Authentication of Wireless Station
When a wireless station attempts to connect to a wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) network
configured for 802.1x or pre-shared key (PSK) authentication, authentication fails.
If disconnected due to authentication failure, information of the wireless stations is deleted
from the system.
2.2.1
802.1x authentication failure
Symptoms
When a wireless station attempts to connect to a Wi-Fi network configured for 802.1x
authentication, (re)association is performed normally but there is an error with 802.1x
authentication. In this case, (re)association information of the wireless station can be
checked in the following way.
The information can be checked executing a CLI command in the following way.
WEC8500# show station summary
The information can be checked using the Web UI in the following way.
1) On the top menu, click Monitor.
2) On the left menu, click Stations.
Figure 3. Web UI-802.1x authentication failure
Possible Causes
Wi-Fi network authentication settings of the wireless station are incorrect.
WLAN security settings of the APC are incorrect.
There is a problem with network connection of the Remote Authentication Dial-In
User Service (RADIUS) authentication server system.
The RADIUS authentication server is not running.
Settings of the RADIUS authentication server are incorrect.
