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Wireless Configuration 5-29
1. Enter a number in the Rogue Entries Age Out Time field to indicate the number of elapsed minutes before an AP will
be removed from the rogue list and reevaluated. A zero (0) in this field indicates that an AP can stay on the list
permanently.
2. Click the Add to Approved AP Rule List button to add a rule to the Approved APs' Rule Management table of the
Rogue AP Detection screen. The generated rule will use the MAC address and ESSID of the selected AP.
3. Click the Add All to Approved AP Rule List button to add a rule to the Approved APs' Rule Management table on the
Rogue AP Detection screen for all the APs on the list. The generated rules will use the MAC addresses and ESSIDs of
the APs.
Getting Detailed Information About a Rogue AP
The Rule List screen provides a means to get detailed information about a rogue Access Port as well as its detector to help
an administrator track it down. To see detailed information:
1. Select a rogue AP from the Rogue AP List.
2. Click the Detail button to open a new window to view detailed information about the rogue AP and its detector.
Details About the Rogue AP
The top of the Rogue AP Detail screen lists information about the
rogue AP:
Details About the Rogue Detector
The lower portion of the Rogue AP Detail screen displays information about the AP that detected the rogue. This information
if provided to the administrator to help located the rogue.
BSSID/MAC
This field contains the BSSID or the MAC
address for the rogue AP.
ESSID
This field is the ESSID for the rogue AP.
RSSI
This field displays the Receiver Signal Strength
Indicator (RSSI) for the rogue AP. The value will
be between 1 and 255. The larger the value, the
better the signal strength and the closer the AP.
Finder's MAC
This is the MAC address for the AP that detected the rogue AP.
Closest AP MAC
This is the MAC address for the AP that is physically closest to the rogue AP.
Closest AP Name
This is the name of the AP that is physically closest to the rogue AP.
Scan Method
This is the scan method that was used to detect the rogue AP. The possible values are:
• MU (detected by a mobile unit)
• Detector (detected by the Detector AP)
• On Channel (detected by non-detector AP)
First Seen
This is the number of hours:minutes:seconds since the rogue AP was first noticed on the network.
Last Seen
This is the number of hours:minutes:seconds since the rogue AP was last noticed on the network.