WLAN 802.1x Authentication

[OngL]

My office has recently started to use seamless Wireless LAN authentication using Windows XP's client certificate. The certificate is not exportable, thus I can't use the certificate and configure 802.1x authentication natively in Mac. While I can bridge the Guest OS to Airport in Mac, the interface in Windows XP guest OS remains as ethernet and there is no setting to enable 802.1x authentication by certificate.

I still have Intel PROSET configured in the Windows XP and if only I can turn the parallels network adapter to be WLAN interface, it may work.

Any alternative on how to enable 802.1x authentication from Windows XP Guest OS? I'm using PD6

 

[Elric]

I still have Intel PROSET configured in the Windows XP and if only I can turn the parallels network adapter to be WLAN interface, it may work.

Unfortunately it is not possible It is the essence of VirtualMachine that devices are virtualized

 

[Daniel Mac User]

Same problem

Was there any alternative to workaround this issue ? is there any way to keep the WLAN interface in the Virtual machine in order to keep the Certificate authentication ?

 

[ChingyC]

As far as latest versions are concerned., I think there are no turn-arounds yet.

 

[jacktye12]

a year on, any development on this?

Have spent the best part of today trying to find a workaround, but short of getting the OS X machine registered in Active Directory (essentially making it another client on the server - which looks a pain to set up), no joy.

Am surprised this isnt a more discussed topic - assume people end up going the bootcamp way, or stay hardwired to the network in a VM?