User's Guide

AirTight Management Console Configuration
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section altogether in case of commercial or business district environments. Either of the following two
mechanisms must be switched on to classify the APs.
a) Enter the threshold RSSI value to use for preclassification of APs with signal strength stronger
than this value as rogue or unauthorized APs.
b)Select the Preclassify APs connected to monitored subnets as Rogue or Authorized APs to
preclassify the APs connected to monitored subnets as rogue or authorized APs.
6.
Click Save to save the changes.
Configure AP Auto-classification Policy
The AP Auto-Classification policy function enables you to specify the AP classification policy for different
AP categories.
It is important to know about the authenticity of APs in the network as unauthorized APs can cause
irreparable damage to your network and business.
AP classification is of prime importance in WIPS implementation.
A diagrammatic representation of AP classification is shown below.
AP classification
Under External APs, AirTight recommends that you select Automatically move Potentially External APs in
the Uncategorized list to the External Folder. The system automatically removes an AP from the External
folder and moves it to an appropriate AP folder if it later detects that the AP is wired to the enterprise
network.
Under Rogue APs, AirTight recommends that you select Automatically move Potentially External APs in
the Uncategorized list to the Rogue folder.
Note: Once you move an AP to the Rogue folder, the system never automatically removes it from the
Rogue folder, even if it later detects that the AP is unwired from the enterprise network or its security
settings have changed.