Comments on: First Impressions: 802.1X on iPhone 2.0 FIrmware

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By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:07:18 +0000

Hi Ron,

I think the first thing to address is why your authentication on your laptop is taking 5 minutes. Is that a problem just on your system or on everyone’s? There’s no good reason 802.1X auth should take that long. I’m not sure if going to 2.1 will help or not either but it is probably worth a try.

Thanks,

Sean

By: Ron

Ron — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:32:02 +0000

I am having a related issue with my first gen iPhone (firmware 2.02). I can connect to the wireless network with my laptop, but not my iPhone. Currently, when I try to connect with my phone it sits awhile and eventually gives me a .169 address. The only oddity that I have noticed connecting with my laptop is that authentication takes a long time (ie. 5+ minutes). The wireless network utilizes PEAP/MS-CHAP-V2 and has an AD back-end. I have tried several configurations and procedures without any luck. I am trying to log in with my AD username (not domain\username) and password. I was never prompted to accept any certs before I manually installed some on the phone. I have also created and pushed some configs using the iPhone Configuration Utility without any luck there either. Any idea what I am doing wrong?
Thanks you!

By: rod

rod — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:20:09 +0000

I have been waiting for this update a very long time, especially for the 802.1x . But my problem was not fixed, they still do not have the 802.1x wep spec I was looking for

By: Sean

Sean — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:48:34 +0000

Hi Sarah,

Did you get the “joining” messages more than once? I’m curious if your particular 802.1X network configuration caused something different to happen on your phone. It seems like from the comments here, forgetting the non 802.1X networks in your vicinity and connecting twice via 802.1X is what fixes the problem. Since accepting the cert once, I’ve not been prompted again.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:36:27 +0000

I had to use the configuration utility to specify my Trusted Server Certificate Name under the Trust tab under WiFi. After that the endless “joining…” problem was resolved.

By: Travis Walls

Travis Walls — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:47:29 +0000

I figured it out with the help of the university’s excellent network guys. The trick appears to be forgetting the other unencrypted but MAC address-filtered wireless network at the university and restarting the phone. I also tried connecting from a different part of campus, so maybe I was just having problems with that particular AP. After doing all of this, I was immediately asked to accept a certificate. The first attempt resulted in another bout of endless waiting, but the second attempt immediately connected me to the network. Between getting third-party applications without jailbreaking, Exchange and MobileMe push, and enterprise wireless connectivity, this 2.0 software update has been fantastic.

By: Travis Walls

Travis Walls — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:04:43 +0000

The university that I work and attend classes at has a wireless network that appears to support either WPA or WPA2 and TKIP or AES. They also claim that they use EAP-PEAP and MSCHAPv2 for authentication. I attempted to follow the same steps that you outlined half-way through this entry and I never get to step 7. Instead, my step 7 looks more like this.

7. Go back to step 1 and try again.

Do you recall how long you waited during steps 3, 4, and 5? I’ve tried letting it go for five minutes each time and, after three attempts, I gave up. I’m using an older iPhone with the 2.0 software update installed. I have confirmed elsewhere that the credentials that I am providing are correct. Links to the information that I am referencing are provided below. Any ideas you might have would be very helpful. Thanks in advance!

https://www.net.usf.edu/wireless/USF-GOLD/
https://www.net.usf.edu/wireless/USF-GOLD/wpa.html
https://www.net.usf.edu/wireless/USF-GOLD/instructions.php

By: Sean

Sean — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:34:19 +0000

Hi Bob,

What happens when you try to connect? We’re using PEAP at work as well and I got right on. Are you using passwords checked against MS Active Directory?

Sean

By: Bob

Bob — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 15:39:57 +0000

Why am I not surprised that all the iPhone Configuration Utilities require OS X 10.5. I don’t have it as I am still running 10.4. Consequently, I can’t build the configuration profiles needed to logon to my company’s wireless access points. We use WEP 802.1x with PEAP. I can do it with my PPC Powerbook running 10.4 but not my iPhone. I guess they’ll force me to spend the money on 10.5 after all.