User`s guide

Use the Fault Management System to Locate a Rogue
RoamAbout Switch Manager User’s Guide 8-11
4. Ifnecessary, browsetothedesiredoutputdirectoryintheOutputDirectorybox.Navigateto
thedesiredlocationandclickSelect.
5. ClickGenerateinthebottomrightcorner.
6. Aftergeneratingthereport,clickthebluehyperlinkintheResultsboxtoviewthereport.
RASMopensthereportinanew
windowandsavesitatthepreviouslyselectedlocation.
7. ClickCloseinthebottomrightcorneroftheReportdialogbox.
Use the Fault Management System to Locate a Rogue
ThissectionprovidesanexampleofhowyoucanusetheFaultManagementsystemtolocate
roguedevicesonyournetwork,thenconfigureMSStousecountermeasuresagainstthem.
APradiosautomaticallyscantheRFspectrumforotherdevicestransmittinginthesame
spectrum.TheRFscansdiscoverthird‐partytransmi tters 
inadditiontootherEnterasysradios.
MSSconsidersthenon‐Enterasystransmitterstobedevicesofinterest,whicharepotentialrogues.
Arogueaccesspointisanaccesspointthatisnotauthorizedtooperateinyournetwork.Rogue
accesspointsandtheirclientsunderminethesecurityofanenterprisenetwork
bypotentially
allowingunchallengedaccesstothenetworkbyanywirelessuserorclientinthephysicalvicinity.
Rogueaccesspointsanduserscanalsointerferewiththeoperationofyourenterprisenetwork.
YoucanconfigureRASMtoautomaticallyusecountermeasuresagainstrogueAPstodisable
them.
Notallaccesspoints
placedontheroguelistare“hostile”rogues.Youmaywanttomovesomeof
theaccesspointsfromtheroguelisttoaknowndeviceslistorathird‐partyAPlist.Formore
informationaboutthistopi c aswellasmoredetailedinformationaboutcombattingrogues,see
the
chapter“DetectingandCombattingRogueDevices”intheRoamAboutSwitchManagerInterface
ReferenceGuide.
Tolocatearogue:
1. ClickontheAlarmsoptioninthemainRASMtoolbar.Alistofalarmsisdisplayed.
2. Filterthealarmlistsothatonlyalarmsrelatedtoroguedevicesaredisplayed.
Todothis,adjust
theselectioncriteriaonthefaultdashboard.Intheexamplebelow,the
alarmsarefilteredsothatonlyalarmsfromtheRoamAboutSwitchRBT‐8100thatcontain
“rogue”intheDescriptionfieldaredisplayed.