Installation guide

Switch Security
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When enabling an Enhanced Beacon, the switch allows adopted access ports to periodically scan for rogue
APs on different channels without disassociating MUs. The beacons collected in the scan are passed on to the
switch so required information is gathered to locate a particular rogue AP. Refer to Editing AP Settings on page
4-88 to enable an AP to forward beacons and association information for AP radios to detect rogue APs.
The switch uses a set of 802.11a and 802.11bg radio specific channels. The switch radio scans each channel
to detect the potential existence or rogues operating on the configured channel. On completion of a scan, the
switch moves the AP back to its original operating channel.
If, during the scan, an AP is detected on a different channel (due to a leaked signal), this channel is also added
to the channel set. The AP sends this information to the switch, which maintains a table with the following
information:
• MAC address of the detected rogue AP
• AP MAC address
• Signal strength of the detected rogue AP
• Channel on which the AP was detected
• Time when the AP was detected.
This information is used by the Motorola RF Management application (or Motorola RFMS) to locate the rogue
AP. Motorola RFMS uses this information to physically locate the position of rogues and authorized devices
within a site map representative of the physical dimensions of the actual device deployment area.
To configure enhanced beacons:
1. Select Security > Enhanced Probe/Beacon Table from the main menu tree.
2. Select the Beacon Table tab.
3. Select the Enable Enhanced Beacon Table checkbox to allow the AP to receive beacons and
association information.