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Rogue AP Detection
Cisco Small Business WAP121 and WAP321 Wireless-N Access Point with PoE 70
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The WAP device performs an RF scan on all channels to detect all APs in the
vicinity of the network. If rogue APs are detected, they are shown on the Rogue AP
Detection page. If an AP listed as a rogue is legitimate, you can add it to the Known
AP List.
NOTE The Detected Rogue AP List and Trusted AP List provide information that you can
use to take further action. The AP does not have any control over rogue APs on the
lists and cannot apply any security policies to APs detected through the RF scan.
When AP detection is enabled, the radio periodically switches from its operating
channel to scan other channels within the same band.
Viewing the Rogue AP List
Rogue AP detection can be enabled and disabled. To enable the radio to collect
information about rogue APs, click Enable next to AP Detection and then click
Save.
Information about detected and trusted rogue access points appears. You can
click Refresh to refresh the screen and show the most current information:
• Action—If the AP is in the Detected Rogue AP List, you can click Trust to
move the AP to the Trusted AP List.
If the AP is in the Trusted AP list, you can click Untrust to move the AP to the
Detected Rogue AP List.
NOTE The Detected Rogue AP List and Trusted AP List provide information.
The WAP device does not have any control over the APs on the list and
cannot apply any security policies to APs detected through the RF scan.
• MAC Address—The MAC address of the rogue AP.
• Beacon Interval—The beacon interval used by the rogue AP.
Beacon frames are transmitted by an AP at regular intervals to announce
the existence of the wireless network. The default behavior is to send a
beacon frame once every 100 milliseconds (or 10 per second).
NOTE The Beacon Interval is set on the Radio page.
• Type—The type of device:
- AP indicates the rogue device is an AP that supports the IEEE 802.11
Wireless Networking Framework in Infrastructure Mode.