James is getting ready to deploy a wireless infrastructure that supports 802.1X. He intends to use an EAP-based protocol that does not require client-side certificates. Which option from the following should he select?

The most suitable option for the aforementioned requirements is PEAP, which stands for Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol. PEAP leverages server-side certificates and employs tunneling to ensure secure communication. EAP-MD5 is not a recommended option for wireless networks and does not support mutual authentication of the wireless client and network. LEAP or Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol uses WEP keys for encryption, which is not advised due to security concerns. Lastly, EAP-TLS or EAP Transport Layer Security requires certificates on both the client and server, resulting in increased management overhead.