1. The wireless laptop acts as a supplicant and authenticates using 802.1X. 2. The access point serves as the authenticator , converting the EAP protocol to the Radius protocol and forwarding it to the Radius server, and vice versa. 3. The Radius server validates the user's credentials. If the credentials are correct, a Radius Accept message with the appropriate return attributes is sent to the authenticator; otherwise, a Radius Reject message is sent. Â The Radius server va
