If you are a mobile user, you need to enable the use of certificates on your computer. Unless your system administrator preconfigures your computer with machine and user certificates before you receive it, you must connect to your corporate network by using conventional, password-based authentication methods to get your machine and user certificates. At the time you connect, you join your computer to the corporate domain, obtain certificates, and set certificates policy. The next time you connect to the corporate network, you can use certificate-based authentication methods such as EAP.
To enable the use of certificates on a computer, do the following:
You can avoid these steps by having your system administrator load machine and user certificates before you take your laptop out onto the road.
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