Nokia 9500 Communicator - Modifying the EAP-SIM settings

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EAP modules
EAP modules are used in a wireless LAN to authenticate wireless devices and authentication servers.
Note that the network must support this feature.
Modifying the EAP-SIM settings
To use EAP-SIM authentication, the cover phone must be switched on, and the device must have a valid SIM card installed.
To modify EAP-SIM settings for the Internet access point, select

Connections

>

Internet setup

. Select a wireless LAN Internet

access point from the list, and

Edit

>

Advanced

. Select the

EAP

page. Select EAP-SIM from the list, and press

Configure

.

Define the following:

Use manual user name

— This setting overrides the user name in the initial identity response in a case when the server

requires that the user performs the initial identification with a predefined user name, for example, with a Windows user

name. If you select

Yes

but leave the

User name

field empty, a random user name is generated for initial identity response.

Use manual realm

— This setting overrides the realm of the initial identity response in a case when the server requires that

the user performs the initial identification with a predefined realm. If you select

No

, the realm is derived from the IMSI

(international mobile subscriber identity).

Use identity privacy

— The EAP-SIM can have the server send a pseudonym identity for future authentications. This identity

prevents the user's IMSI from being sent.

Max. reauthentic. count

— The EAP-SIM can have the server send the wireless device a reauthentication identity that can be

used to speed up the upcoming authentications. You can specify how many times a single reauthentication mechanism can

be used until full authentication must be performed. If the reauthentications mechanisms are used too many times, security

may be compromised because the SIM card is not used in reauthentication.