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4/1/05 Acknowledging Rogue APs
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Note that Cisco WCS Location (AIR-WCS-WL-1.0-K9 and AIR-WCS-LL-1.0-K9) compares RSSI
signal strength from two or more Cisco 1000 Series lightweight access points to find the most
probable location of the rogue AP, and places a small “skull-and-crossbones” indicator at its
most likely location.
Note that Cisco WCS Base (AIR-WCS-LB-1.0-K9 and AIR-WCS-LL-1.0-K9) function compares
RSSI signal strength from the rogue AP, and places a small “skull-and-crossbones” indicator
next to the Cisco 1000 Series lightweight access point receiving the strongest RSSI signal from
the Rogue AP.
Acknowledging Rogue APsAcknowledging Rogue APs
• To acknowledge known Rogue APs, navigate to the Rogue AP Alarms page. Right-click the
Rogue AP (red, unknown) to be acknowledged, and select Set State to ‘Known Internal’ or
Set State to ‘Known External’. In either case, the red Rogue AP entry is removed from the
Alarms Page.
Locating ClientsLocating Clients
Cisco WCS allows Network operators to locate clients in the enterprise. Do the following:
• Use Monitor/Clients to navigate to the Clients Summary page.
• On the Clients Summary page, in the left sidebar Search for All Clients to have Cisco WCS
display the Clients page.
• From the Clients page, click the User Name of the client you want to locate. Cisco WCS
displays the corresponding Clients <client name> page.
• From the Clients <client name> page, you have two choices for locating the client:
- In the pulldown menu, select Recent Map (high/low resolution) to locate the client
without dissociating it.