Specifications

Air Management 135
CHAPTER 7
Air Management
This chapter explains the main elements of wireless intrusion
prevention.
Alcatel Access Points (AP60, AP61, and AP70) support Air
Monitor functionality in a wide range of configurations including:
z Static Access Point (AP) configuration
z Static Air Monitor (AM) configuration
z Access Point Monitor (APM) until needed to recover for a
failed device.
Required Components
z An Alcatel Access Point acting as an Air Monitor (AM)
When acting as an AM, the Alcatel Access Point works with the
Alcatel Wireless LAN Switch to analyze Wireless LAN traffic in
order to classify and enforce security policies.
The Alcatel Access Point can be configured as a full-time,
dedicated AM. It can also be configured to act as AM unless a
network failure requires it to automatically become an Access
Point (AP).
z An Alcatel Wireless LAN Switch running Wireless LAN Man-
agement Server (WMS) software
The WMS software on Alcatel Wireless LAN Switch allows you to
configure and manage the air management features and the AMs
registered with switch.