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Configure EAP TLS (certificate) authentication

Sander80 edited this page May 31, 2020 · 2 revisions

Tick the Use Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) radio button and click the Properties ... button. The following dialog appears:

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If your certificate and your private key is on a smart-card tick the Use my smart card radio button otherwise tick the Use a certificate on this computer radio button.

To select the certificate to use click the User certificate browse button, highlight the desired certificate and click the OK button. To select the private key to use click the Private key browse button, highlight the desired key and click the OK button. Enter the PIN (smart-card) or pass-phrase (file) for your private key in the Passphrase edit box. If you don't want your PIN or pass-phrase to be stored encrypted on your local machine, leave the Passphrase edit box empty. In this case you'll be ask for the PIN or pass-phrase each time you try to establish a connection. To select the PEM encoded file containing the certificate authority (CA) certificates click the CA Certificate browse button and select the desired file.