WiFi based AD authentication

MacJunior
Contributor III

We need to authenticate our Mac on WiFi using PEAP ( username & password ) and we have AD on-premise, is there way to accomplish that without binding our Macs to AD ( please say yes ) ??

 

 

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peitang
New Contributor II

use RADIUS server

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peitang
New Contributor II

use RADIUS server

talkingmoose
Moderator
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Technically, binding isn’t required to authenticate Macs to Active Directory.

However, many network administrators use Active Directory (AD) as a “source of truth”. Computers and their MAC addresses are part of the computer record created when binding. As part of additional security, the network administrators configure the Wi-Fi systems to refer to the AD computer record to confirm the computer attempting to connect is owned by the organization.

The need here for binding is being imposed by your network admin.