Near field communication-triggered wireless local area network authentication

User authentications has become a necessary part of every communication protocol. There is a boundary between security and user convenience when authenticating. Near Field Communication (NFC) is a tool for interfacing connections. This was implemented through software and hardware development of the network to handle database and dedicated login credentials for each user when connecting to a wireless network. WPA/WPA2 Enterprise Authentication was used with Remote Authentication Dial-in User Service (RADIUS) to create the network. NFC-implemented authentication was compared with traditional authentication regarding speed and security vulnerabilities. Results from the tests conducted have shown significant improvement in using NFC as a means to bring more convenience to the authentication process, garnering an average speed of 9.82 seconds compared to the traditional one, having high variability depending on different password lengths, having an average 19.5 seconds and an increased average of 9.55 seconds for every eight additional characters to the password.