beautypg.com

Authorized aps – Brocade Mobility RFS7000-GR Controller System Reference Guide (Supporting software release 4.1.0.0-040GR and later) User Manual

Page 326

background image

312

Brocade Mobility RFS7000-GR Controller System Reference Guide

53-1001944-01

AP intrusion detection

6

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 Action field to configure Access Point ESSID permissions.

8. 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.

9. Click OK to use the changes to the running configuration and close the dialog.

10. Click Cancel to close the dialog without committing updates to the running configuration.

Authorized APs

Those Access Points detected and authorized for operation within the switch managed network
can be separately displayed to assess the reporting (detecting) AP, the channel of operation, the
last time the AP was observed on the network and the ESSID. Use this information to assess if an
authorized Access Point was incorrectly defined as authorized and requires categorization as an
unauthorized and Ignored APs.

To review the attributes of allowed APs:

Any MAC
Address/Specific MAC
Address

Click the Any MAC Address radio button to allow any MAC address detected on the
network as an Allowed AP. This is not necessary if a specific MAC address is used
with this 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 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.

Authorize

Click the Authorize button to authorize activity on the Allowed AP.

Ignore

Click the Ignore button to ignore traffic from the added AP.