Configuring iPhone 802.1x

Configuring iPhone 802.1x

Connecting the Apple iPhone to a 802.1x WIFI network can be a problem if we don’t know the existence of an application for Mac and Windows called “iPhone Configuration Utility”.

This app is intended to be used on enterprises (but it also works on universities networks) and it let us make configuration profiles for our iPhone, such as WIFI profiles, Mail, EDGE/GPRS and restrictions. This app makes possible to connect to WIFI 802.1x protected networks with the following encriptions: WEP, WPA/WPA2 and the following protocols: LEAP, PEAP, TLS, TTLS, EAP-FAST, PAP, MSCHAP, MSCHAPv2 and CHAP.

There was a web version of this application, but since version 2.0 arrived, there are versions for Mac OS X and Windows, whom make it easier to configure the iPhone than before. To install the profile, we have to options: the first is sending by mail the configuration and loading it on the iPhone Mail app; the second is connecting the iPhone to the computer and then selecting the iPhone on the Configuration Utility and navigating to the appropriate tab, after that click on install the chosen profile.

You can download the iPhone Configuration Utility on the Apple Enterprise website. (It’s in several languages)