Wireless RADIUS

  • Updated on Jan 26, 2026
  • Published on Jan 2, 2025
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OneSpan Authentication Server Appliance supports authentication over a wireless connection via the RADIUS protocol.

Wireless RADIUS components

Figure: Wireless RADIUS components

Wireless RADIUS terminology

An authentication service using wireless RADIUS has the following components:

  • Supplicant. The device from which a wireless access request originates.

  • Wireless access point. A wireless network signal transmitter and receiver. The wireless access point must be configured to use one of the following wireless protocols:

    • WPA Enterprise

    • WPA2 Enterprise

    • We do not recommend the use of the TKIP encryption algorithm on wireless networks due to inherent security issues. Configure your WAP(s) to use the AES algorithm.

  • Authenticator. The device to which the wireless access point passes authentication requests.