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Nighthawk M1 support for WPA2-Enterprise
Is there any way to get a Nighthawk M1 to utilize data offloading with WPA2-Enterprise security, AES encryption, and PEAP authentication? It appears to support the following settings only: None, WEP, WPA, WPA2, WPAWPA2.
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Community TeamHi Natron007 ,
The answer to your question is no. But I'm curious why you would even want this option. Generally RADIUS servers are internal to your corporate LAN. The MR1100 hotspot won't have any ability to communicate with these server -- you cannot create an IPSEC/VPN tunnel from the hotspot itself to your corporate gateway. Client VPN tunnels are supported, but the client would have had to associatiate with the AP's first (or use Ethernet).
How are you hoping to use the hotspot? Most corporate deployments of the MR1100 or similar, just connect the hotspot to the laptop via USB (faster and more reliable) for mobile staff. Or the setup a WPA2 Personal secured SSID on the hotspot for tablets. etc.
Ooops, sorry, I just re-read your question about data offloading (and thus a hardline to your corporate LAN). So two comments:
1) Why use the MR1100 within you corporate LAN? OR, do you use a separate IPSEC tunnelling gateway between (for example) a satellite office and your main corporate headquarters? Why not just use a regular AP?
2) Wifi performance of the MR1100 is poor -- range, capacity, and throughput -- when compared to a regular AP
