Hi, I think the following articles will be useful:
http://www.lucidlink.com/m
http://www.ieee802.org/1/f
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Sarang
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I want to ask about 802.1x, does itself protocol or x referring to ( 802.11i, 802,1Q, ........ )?
What I need to understand is the relation between 802.1x and these protocol ( 802.11i, 802.1Q, 802.11n, ......)
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Hi, I think the following articles will be useful:
http://www.lucidlink.com/m
http://www.ieee802.org/1/f
Warm regards,
Sarang
Well,
You are sort of right. I'll suggest you go through this chapter:
http://www.wireless-nets.c
Warm regards,
Sarang
These are all different standards
Ex: 802.1x is port based authentication, which is typically deployed on switches, Wifi Access points , for authenticating the clients which has 802.1x supplicant.
802.11i is a wifi security standard which can be used in conjunction with 802.1x.
For ex:
Windows zero config is a wireless application built on Windows operating systems which has 802.1x software installed as well as profiling for data security for WLAN networks ( 802.11i)
802.1q is spanning tree protocol standard and is used for preventing loops among l2 loops among bridges.
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by: intelfxPosted on 2009-09-13 at 18:06:56ID: 25322491
IEEE 802.1x is a security model for wireless networks based on RADIUS, and IEEE 802.11 is a set of wireless communication standards, using 802.1x as base security model.