Windows 8.1 Wireless Authentication Single Sign On for EAP-TTLS
We need our Windows 8.1 client computers to logon to the wireless system prior to user authentication. They now logon to the wireless with no issue after the user logs in.
This could be accomplished by creating a Wireless Network Policies GPO and pushing it to the wireless clients.
We use WPA2 enterprise, and EAP-TTLS but our servers are server 2008R2.
EAP-TTLS was added as a choice to Wireless Network Policies in GPOs in Server 2012, so it is not a choice when we create a GPO on our server.
1. Is there a way to add the EAP configuration options from Server 2012 to a Server 2008R2?
2. Is there some other, less fancy way of getting a windows 8 machines to authenticate to the wireless prior to user login? I read that adding the following registry entry involving netsh to
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Wi
%comspec% /c netsh wlan connect name=profile_name
The netsh command does connect to the network when run from the command line, but does nothing when placed like this in the registry. (not for windows 8.1)
http://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/show/2047-enable-wireless-connection-pre-logon-on-domain
Anyone dealt with this?
This could be accomplished by creating a Wireless Network Policies GPO and pushing it to the wireless clients.
We use WPA2 enterprise, and EAP-TTLS but our servers are server 2008R2.
EAP-TTLS was added as a choice to Wireless Network Policies in GPOs in Server 2012, so it is not a choice when we create a GPO on our server.
1. Is there a way to add the EAP configuration options from Server 2012 to a Server 2008R2?
2. Is there some other, less fancy way of getting a windows 8 machines to authenticate to the wireless prior to user login? I read that adding the following registry entry involving netsh to
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Wi
%comspec% /c netsh wlan connect name=profile_name
The netsh command does connect to the network when run from the command line, but does nothing when placed like this in the registry. (not for windows 8.1)
http://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/show/2047-enable-wireless-connection-pre-logon-on-domain
Anyone dealt with this?
ASKER
We are a department within a large institution with an existing EAP-TTLS system. We configure our clients to deal with whatever IT hands us.
I'm going to try exporting the working profile from the windows 8.1 client as XML and import that into the Server 2008 R2 GPO
I'm going to try exporting the working profile from the windows 8.1 client as XML and import that into the Server 2008 R2 GPO
You would need a suitable ADM file. You could try adding the relevant XML config for the policy but it probably won't work.
ASKER
Right. I tried that, and no it did not work.
Anyone know of a wireless driver package that includes EAP-TTLS that will run on Windows 8?
The standard CISCO package worked for XP and Windows 7, but not for Windows 8
Anyone know of a wireless driver package that includes EAP-TTLS that will run on Windows 8?
The standard CISCO package worked for XP and Windows 7, but not for Windows 8
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It took forever, but I did find the answer on the internet.
I'm guessing though that you're wanting to use TTLS so you don't have to deploy certificates to your workstations?