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6.2.1.1 Adding or Editing an Allowed AP

To add a new range or modify the address range used to designate devices as Allowed APs:

1. Select

Security

>

Access Point Intrusion Detection

from the main tree menu.

2. Click the

Configuration

tab.

3. Select an existing Allowed AP and click the

Edit

button to modify the properties of an existing Allowed

AP or click the

Add

button to define the attributes of a new Allowed AP.

4. If adding a new Allowed AP, use the

Index

parameter to assign a numerical index value to this particular

access point. The index range is from 1-200. If editing an existing Allowed AP, this is a read only field and
cannot be modified.

5. Refer to the

BSS MAC Address

field to define the following:

6. Refer to the

ESSID

field to configure access point ESSID permissions.

7. Refer to the

Status

field for the current state of the requests made from applet. This field displays error

messages if something goes wrong in the transaction between the applet and the switch.

8. Click

OK

to use the changes to the running configuration and close the dialog.

9. Click

Cancel

to close the dialog without committing updates to the running configuration.

Any MAC Address/
Specific MAC
Address

Click the

Any MAC Address

radio button to allow any MAC address located on the

network as an Allowed AP. This is not necessary if a specific MAC address is used with this
particular index.

Click the second radio button to enter a specific MAC address as an Allowed AP. Use this
option if (for network security) you want to restrict the number of MAC Addresses used for
this index to a single MAC address.

Any ESSID/Specific
ESSID

Click the

Any ESSID

radio button to allow any ESSID located on the network as an Allowed

AP. This may not be necessary if a specific ESSID was used with this particular index.

Click the second radio button to enter a specific ESSID as an Allowed AP. Use this option if
(for network security) you want to restrict the number of device ESSIDs saved for this index
to a single access point ESSID.