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Choosing an Optimal Access Point for Authenticating Users |
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Written by Jim Geier
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Thursday, 19 July 2007 |
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In some cases, you might decide to host 802.1X port-based authentication services within an access point instead of dedicating an external RADIUS server. This may be the most cost-effective approach for smaller deployments. In order to maximize performance of the network when implementing local authentication, I’ve found that it’s beneficial to configure the authentication server in the access point that is projected to have the least amount of user traffic. The higher overhead on this access point may consume a significant amount of the access point’s capacity as wireless users throughout the network perform re-authentication.
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