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

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Wireless Network Management
AP Detection
You can configure a radio as a single-channel detector or a dedicated detector
in one of two ways:
■ as part of an override configuration for a particular radio
For example, your organization might install an RP that is entirely dedi-
cated to searching out rogue APs.
Another reason to dedicate a radio as a detector is so it can monitor all
nearby RPs in your wireless network and take action if an RP experiences
problems. See “Network Self Healing” on page 13-88 for more information
on how detectors participate in neighbor recovery.
■ as part of the radio adoption default configuration for all radios of a
certain type
If your network does not include any stations that use, for example,
802.11a mode, then you could dedicate all 802.11a radios to scanning for
rogue APs. (Note, however, that these radios will only detect APs operat-
ing on an 802.11a channel.)
Note You can enable the detector option in both radio adoption default configura-
tions as a security measure. In this case, all RP radios are adopted as detectors.
Thus, a radio cannot forward wireless traffic into your network until you
determine that it is authorized to do so and explicitly disable the detector
option on it.
To configure AP detection, complete the following steps:
1. Enable AP detection.
a. Select Special Features > Access Point Detection > Configuration.