Method and apparatus for automatic client - authentication in a wireless network, which by peap, eap - tls or other is protected extensible authentication protocols

摘要

The present invention is directed at providing a system and method (344,326,340,342) for Automatic Client (320) Authentication for a Wireless Network (300) protected by PEAP, EAP-TLS, or other Extensible Authentication Protocols. The user doesn't have to understand the difference between the protocols in order to connect to the network. A default authentication protocol is automatically attempted. If authentication is not successful, then the authentication switches over to another authentication method if the network requests it.