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Chapter 3 Tutorial
NWA-3500/NWA-3550 User’s Guide
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Note: The NWA can detect the MAC addresses of APs automatically. However, it is
more secure to obtain the correct MAC addresses from another source and add
them to the friendly AP list manually. For example, an attacker’s AP mimicking
the correct SSID could be placed on the friendly AP list by accident, if selected
from the list of auto-detected APs. In this example you have spoken to the
coffee shop’s owner, who has told you the correct MAC address of his AP.
In this example, you will do the following things.
1
Set up and save a friendly AP list.
2
Activate periodic Rogue AP Detection.
3
Set up e-mail alerts.
4
Configure your other access points.
5
Test the setup.
3.4.1 Set Up and Save a Friendly AP list
Take the following steps to set up and save a list of access points you want to
allow in your network’s coverage area.
1
On a computer connected to the wired network ( F in the previous figure), open
your Internet browser and enter the URL of access point A (192.168.1.1). Login to
the Web configurator and click ROGUE AP > Friendly AP . The following screen
displays.
Figure 30 Tutorial: Friendly AP (Before Data Entry)
2
Fill in the MAC Address and Description fields as in the following table. Click
Add after you enter the details of each AP to include it in the list.
MAC ADDRESS DESCRIPTION
00:AA:00:AA:00:AA My Access Point _A_
AA:00:AA:00:AA:00 My Access Point _B_
A0:0A:A0:0A:A0:0A My Access Point _C_