ViewingRogueAPDetection
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UnifiedAccessPointAdministrator’sGuide
LinkIntegrityMonitoring
TheUAPprovideslinkintegritymonitoring tocontinuallyverifyitsconnectiontoeachassociatedclient.Todo
this,theAPsendsdatapacket stoclientseveryfewsecondswhennoothertrafficispassing.ThisallowstheAP
todetectwhenaclientgoesoutofrange,evenduringperiodswhen
nonormaltrafficisexchanged.Theclient
connectiondropsoffthelistwithin300secondsifthesedatapacketsarenotacknowledged,evenifno
disassociationmessageisreceived.
ViewingRogueAPDetection
ThestatuspagetoviewRogueAPDetectioninformationprovidesreal‐timestatisticsforallAPswithinrange
oftheAPonwhichyouareviewingtheAdministrationWebpages.WhenAPdetectionisenabled,theradio
willperiodicallyswitchfromitsoperatingchanneltoscanotherchannelswithinthesame
band.ClickRefresh
toupdatethescreenanddisplaythemostcurrentinformation.
TheRogueAPDetectionpagecontainsthefollowingtwolists:
• DetectedRogueAPList—ListsallAPswithinrangeoftheAPthathavenotbeenacknowledgedasknown
APs.
•KnownAPList—ListsallAPs
withinrangeoftheAPthathavebeenacknowledgedasknownAPseitherby
clickingtheGrantbuttonassociat edwithanAPintheDetectedRogueAPListorbyappearinginan
importedAPlist.
Toviewinformationaboutotheraccesspointsonthewirelessnetwork,clicktheRogueAP
Detectiontab.
Figure9:ViewingRogueandKnownAccessPoints