D-Link DWC-2000

D-Link DWC-2000 User Manual 70
Section 6 - Securing Your Network
Congure Client WIDS Settings
Path: Wireless > General > WIDS > AP WIDS Client Security
The Wireless Intrusion Detection System (WIDS) can help detect intrusion attempts into the wireless network
and take automatic actions to protect the network. The settings you congure on the WIDS Client Conguration
page help determine whether a detected client is classied as a rogue. Clients classied as rogues are considered
to be a threat to network security.
Note: The classication settings on the WIDS Client Conguration page are part of the global conguration on the
controller and must be manually pushed to other controllers in order to synchronize that conguration.
As part of the general association and authentication process, wireless clients send 802.11 management messages
to APs. The WIDS feature tracks the following types of management messages that each detected client sends:
• Probe Requests
• 802.11 Authentication Requests.
• 802.11 De‐Authentication Requests.
In order to help determine whether a client is posing a threat to the network by ooding the network with
management trac, the system keeps track of the number of times the AP received each message type and the
highest message rate detected in a single RF Scan report. On the WIDS Client Conguration page, you can set
thresholds for each type of message sent, and the APs monitor whether any clients exceed those thresholds or
tests.
To congure WIDS Client:
1. Go to Wireless > General > WIDS > AP WIDS Client Security tab.