Wireless/Redundant Edge Services xl Module Management and Configuration Guide WS.01.03 or greater

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Wireless Network Management
AP Detection
To enable a radio to act as a detector, you must both enable AP detection and
configure this option in the radio’s configuration. You can enable dedicated
AP detection either as:
■ part of an override configuration on 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 one experiences
problems. See “Network Self Healing” on page 6-57 for more information
on how detectors participate in neighbor recovery.
■ 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 in 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 a particular radio as a detector, complete the following steps:
1. Select Network Setup > Radio.
2. Select the radio or radios.
3. Click Edit.