WESM zl Management and Configuration Guide WT.01.28 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 12: “Wireless Network Manage-
ment.”
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.
Configuring Radio Settings
Configure the basic radio settings in the default Configuration screen’s Radio Settings
section, as shown in Figure 3-6. These settings include:
■ radio placement