User's Manual

Pre-logon/Common profiles are applied prior to a user log on. If Single Sign On support is
installed, the connection is made prior to the Windows log-on sequence (Pre-logon/Common).
If Single Sign On support is not installed, the profile is applied once the user session is active.
Pre-logon/Common profiles always appear at the top of the Profiles list. Users can still prioritize
profiles that they have created but they cannot reprioritize Pre-logon/Common profiles. Because
these profiles appear at the top of the Profiles list, the WiFi connection utility automatically
attempts to connect to the Administrator profiles first before any user-created profiles.
NOTE: Only administrators can create or export Pre-logon/Common profiles.
Pre-logon Connect key points are:
● Pre-logon Connect is active only at the Windows log on.
● The following types of profiles can be created as Pre-logon/Common profiles:
❍ 802.1X PEAP, TTLS or EAP-FAST profiles that use either the "Use Windows Logon
user name and password" or "Use the following user name and password"
credentials when configuring the profile's security settings.
❍ LEAP profiles that use the "Prompt for the user name and password." credentials
when configuring the profile's security settings.
❍ 802.1X PEAP or TTLS profiles with user or machine certificates (the user must have
administrative rights to use machine certificates).
❍ TLS profiles that use digital certificates to verify the identity of a client and a server.
❍ EAP-SIM profiles that use a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card to validate your
credentials with the network.
❍ All non-802.1X (Open and WEP) Common or User Based profiles.
● A Pre-logon/Common profile is applied at Windows user log-on time.
Pre-logon/Common Connection Status
Pre-logon/Common profiles support is installed during a Custom install of the WiFi connection
utility. See
Install or Uninstall the Single Sign On Feature for more information.
NOTE: If the Single Sign On or Pre-logon Connect features are not installed, an
administrator is still able to create Pre-logon/Common profiles for export to a
user's computer.
The following describes how the Pre-logon Connect feature functions from system power-up.
The assumption is that a saved profile exists. This saved profile has valid security settings
marked with "Use Windows Logon user name and password" that are applied at the time of
Windows log on.
1. After a system power-up, enter your Windows log on domain, user name, and password.
2. Click OK. The Pre-logon/Common profile status page displays the progress of the network
connection. After the wireless adapter is connected to the network access point, the
Status page closes and the Windows user logs on.
❍ If the corresponding access point rejects your credentials during the Pre-logon/