Problem with h4150 802.1x authentication setup

From: Geoff Potter (GeoffPotter_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/17/04


Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 13:59:02 -0700

Hi all,

I've setup a test WAN in a lab environment per Microsoft's article
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/guidance/peap_0.mspx and have it
100% working with the exception of an h4150 PPC with Windows Mobile 2003 on
it. I've installed the certificate from the Root CA and it shows up fine in
the Root Certificates of the Certificates Control Panel on the PPC. My
problem is this: The PPC "see's" the wireless Lan connection, prompts for
Work/Internet, prompts for WEP key (my AP is setup to provide them
automatically), then prompts for login. After entering the login creditials,
I get the following error: Server Validation Error - The server certificate
is issued by an unknown authority. At the same time, the server log shows,
"Access request for user was discarded" and further down in the log it shows,
"The authentication request was not processed because it contained a RADIUS
message that was not appropriate for the secure authentication transaction"
This setup works fine with a Windows XP Pro setup I have on a laptop, so I
know it's not the AP or Server that's causing the problem. Here's what's
odd, I can install the demo Odyssey Client on the PPC setup exactly the same
as the Windows Mobile standard client, but leave the validate certificate
check box unchecked and the connection works fine. Obviously the issue seems
to be something to do with the root certificate, but I haven't a clue what
since I followed the MS article word for word for my lab setup. Any advice
or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

-- 
Geoff


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