Wireless/Redundant Edge Services xl Module Management and Configuration Guide WS.02.xx and greater

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Radio Port Configuration
Configuring Radio Settings
When you configure this setting as part of the default configuration, you
dedicate all radios of that 802.11 mode. For example, if your network does not
include any stations that use 802.11a mode, you could dedicate all 802.11a
radios in your network to scanning for rogue APs. (Note, however, that these
radios will only detect APs operating in an 802.11a channel.)
Note As a security measure, you can configure all RPs to be adopted as detectors.
In this way, no RP radio can send wireless traffic into your network until you
access the settings for that particular radio and disable the dedicated detector
option.
For more information on AP detection, see Chapter 13: Wireless Network
Management.
To configure all RP radios of a particular type (802.11a or 802.11bg) to be
adopted as dedicated detectors, complete these steps:
1. Select Network Setup > Radio Adoption Defaults and click the
Configuration tab.
2. Select the correct radio type and click the Edit button.
3. Check the Dedicate this Radio as a Detector box.
4. Click the OK button.
Enabling a Single-Channel Scan for Unapproved APs. A dedicated
detector radio sends probes for unapproved APs on all allowed channels in
its frequency, but does not support wireless stations. To allow RP radios to
detect some APs, while still supporting stations, enable the radios to scan for
rogue APs only on their individual channels.
To configure single-channel scanning on all adopted RP radios of a particular
type (802.11a or 802.11bg), complete these steps:
1. Select Network Setup > Radio Adoption Defaults and click the
Configuration tab.
2. Select the correct radio type and click the Edit button.
3. Check the Single-channel scan for Unapproved APs box.
4. Click the OK button.