| 摘要 |
<p>The present invention discloses a method, an apparatus, and a system for centralized 802.1X authentication in a wireless local area network, where in the method for centralized 802.1X authentication in a wireless local area network, the wireless local area network includes an authentication entity, an access point, and at least one user equipment UE, the authentication entity is connected to the at least one UE through the access point, and the method includes: receiving, by the access point, an extensive authentication protocol EAP authentication start message from the UE, where a destination address of the EAP authentication start message is a media access control MAC address corresponding to an air interface of the access point, and its source address is a MAC address of the UE; modifying the destination address of the EAP authentication start message to be a multicast address of a port access entity or a MAC address of the authentication entity; and forwarding the EAP authentication start message whose destination address is modified. The solutions according to the embodiments of the present invention are capable of implementing centralized 802.1X authentication for a UE in a wireless local area network.</p> |
