User Guide

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Nortel WLAN Security Switch 2300 Series Configuration Guide
Rogue Detection and
Countermeasures
AP radios automatically scan the RF spectrum for other devices transmitting in the same spectrum. The RF scans
discover third-party transmitters in addition to other Nortel radios. WSS Software considers the non-Nortel transmitters
to be devices of interest, which are potential rogues.
You can display information about the devices of interest. To identify friendly devices, such as non-Nortel access ports
in your network or neighbor’s network, you can add them to the known devices list. You also can enable countermea-
sures to prevent clients from using the devices that truly are rogues.
With WLAN Management Software , you also can display the physical location of a rogue device. (For more informa-
tion, see the Nortel WLAN Management Software Reference Manual.)
About Rogues and RF Detection
RF detection detects all the IEEE 802.11 devices in a Mobility Domain and can single out the unauthorized rogue access
points.
About Rogues and RF Detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537
Summary of Rogue Detection Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542
Configuring Rogue Detection Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543
Enabling Countermeasures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548
Disabling or Reenabling Active Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549
Enabling AP Signatures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549
Disabling or Reenabling Logging of Rogues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550
Enabling Rogue and Countermeasures Notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550
IDS and DoS Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550
Displaying RF Detection Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561