D-Link DWL-3600AP - Saving and Importing the Known AP List

ViewingRogueAPDetection
D-Link UnifiedAccessPointAdministrator’sGuide
November2011 Page44
UnifiedAccessPointAdministrator’sGuide
SavingandImportingtheKnownAPList
TosavetheKnownAPlisttoafile,clickSave.ThelistcontainstheMACaddressesofallAPthathavebeen
addedtotheKnownAPList.Bydefault,thefilenameisRogue1.cfg.YoucanuseatexteditororWebbrowser
toopenthefileandview
itscontents.
UsetheImportfeaturetoimportalistofKnownAPsfromasavedlist.ThelistmightbefromanotherDWL‐
x600APorcreatedfromatextfile.IftheMACaddressofanAPappearsintheKnownAPList,itwillnotbe
detectedasa
rogue.
ToimportanAPListfromafile,usethefollowingsteps:
1. ChoosewhethertoreplacetheexistingKnownAPlistoraddtheentriesintheimportedfiletotheKnown
APlist.
• SelecttheReplaceoptiontoimportthelistandreplacethecontentsoftheKnownAPList.
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• SelecttheMergeoptiontoimportthelistandaddtheAPsintheimportedfiletotheAPscurrently
displayedintheKnownAPList.
2. ClickBrowseandchoosethefiletoimport.
Thefileyouimportmustbeaplain‐textfilewitha.txtor.cfgextension.Entries
inthefileareMAC
addressesinhexidecimalformatwitheachoctetseparatedbycolons,forexample00:11:22:33:44:55.
Separateentrieswithasinglespace.FortheAPtoacceptthefile,itmustcontainonlyMACaddresses.
3. ClickImport.
Oncetheimportiscomplete,thescreenrefreshesandthe
MACaddressesoftheAPsintheimportedfile
appearintheKnownAPList.
Privacy Indicateswhetherthereisanysecurityontheneighboringdevice.
• OffindicatesthattheSecuritymodeontheneighboringdeviceissettoNone(no
security).
• Onindicatesthattheneighboringdevicehassomesecurityin
place.
SecurityisconfiguredontheAPfromtheVAPpage.
Band ThisindicatestheIEEE802.11modebeingusedonthisAP.(Forexample,IEEE802.11a,
IEEE802.11b,IEEE802.11g.)
Thenumbershownindicatesthemodeaccordingtothefollowingmap:
• 2.4indicatesIEEE802.11b,802.11g,or802.11nmode(or
acombinationofthemodes)
• 5indicatesIEEE802.11aor802.11nmode(orbothmodes)
Channel ShowstheChannelonwhichtheAPiscurrentlybroadcasting.
Thechanneldefinestheportionoftheradiospectrumthattheradiousesfortransmitting
andreceiving.
ThechannelissetinRa dioSettings.(See“Modifying
RadioSettings”onpage58.)
Table12:RogueAPDetection(Cont.)
Field Description