Connecting via WIFI & Enterprise WPA2

[tuner562]

Hello, I have a C6502 with the WIFI add-in card and I am attempting to network connect it via WIFI that use WPA2 Enterprise. I am able to get it to connect to WPA2 PSK on a test environment but unable to get Authentication to work via PEAP and PEAP-MSCHAPv2. Has anyone had any success with this particular configuration? My thoughts are maybe I have a better chance with EAP-TLS but my current environment is not setup to do so.

[slimslob]

If you have Ricoh's rather expensive internal add on WiFi interface, you have made a bad investment. There are many WiFi range extenders that can be used externally and cost between $30 and $50.

[tuner562]

I realize the easy way would have been an AP to lan adapter but there were organizational and stringent security requirements that preempted the use of an internal card.

[slimslob]

Were the restrictions discussed with the sales person and did the sales person inform the customer that the internal wireless interface only supported “WEP” (Wired Equivalent Privacy) and either “WPA2-PSK” or “WPA2”?

[KenB]

Were the restrictions discussed with the sales person and did the sales person inform the customer that the internal wireless interface only supported “WEP” (Wired Equivalent Privacy) and either “WPA2-PSK” or “WPA2”?

Slimslob is right.

The Ricoh wireless cards suck eggs...big time.

[rthonpm]

Ricoh wireless cards really don't play well with RADIUS. They're made more for SOHO environments than a true enterprise level network. Their thinking is likely that at an enterprise level you're going to have Ethernet readily available.

[KenB]

The ONLY one I ever had work well right out of the gate was in a small construction office (not a trailer).

I equate wrestling with these things with trying to push a car uphill with a rope.