Testing WAP EAP from wired network?

[Jonathan D. Proulx]

Hi All,

This is probably a pipe dream, but...

I'm desperately trying to get a WPA2 wireless system up at a remote
site,  I'm not using EAP-MD5 so radeapclient can't help me.

At last test radclient authenticates and authorizes the way I want but
EAP from an actual wireless supplicant fails.  I have some input on
what I might do to fix this but given the "remote" bit I can't test it
as readily as I'd like.

My question is if I set up 802.1x on a wired port (with a multi homed
host so I can get to it through the back door as it were), would this
be a valid test or do I just need to wait untill I can make a
(relatively short) trip on site?  I'm not clear on how the wired and
wireless versions differ.

Thanks,
-Jon