Wireless IPS monitors the network for network
intruders, including rogue access points, client
devices, and ad hoc networks that may have made
an automatic connection to an employee’s computer.
The software also detects wrong confi gurations
and weak or missing encryption implementa-
tions. And it provides real-time detection of all
rogue access points, unauthorized client devices,
and ad-hoc networks. The software immediately
alerts the IT managers of any problems, allowing
them to terminate rogue device or ad-hoc network
connections.
Setting up a hotspot in your own
offi ce. It makes sense!
Again, wireless hotspots are becoming prevalent
enough that business travelers expect access to a
wireless network, wherever they go. They expect
it in airport terminals, they expect it in their hotels,
they expect it while they’re getting coffee, and they
expect it when they visit your offi ce. Wi-Fi is mature
and prevalent enough that some of your clients may
consider it practically a birthright. For both security
and business reasons, it makes good sense to set
up a wireless hotspot in your offi ce lobby.
Setting up a guest hotspot for your visitors does
a couple of things. One, it helps you to be a
hospitable host. Two, it protects you. You may not
know these guests very well, and you may not know
whether they are network spies. If your guests have
their own wireless network, or at least a separate
SSID, then they won’t insist on using your corporate
network, and you can worry less about whether
they pose security risks.
Most enterprise-level wireless LAN infrastructures
include the ability to support multiple SSIDs from
a single wireless LAN switch, meaning you can set
aside one for guest access. Some include the ability
to support VLANs (virtual, logically-independent
networks), which means you can support guests
without compromising the corporate network.
Guest users can be provisioned on a separate VLAN
keeping them completely isolated.
Motorola’s RFS7000, WS5100 and WS2000 wireless
switch and the AP-5131 Access Point support
multiple SSIDs and multiple VLANs.
Motorola provides the ability to make a guest
network look and feel like a commercial hotspot.
It makes a guest network easier to manage, too.
The latest version of the WS5100 switch includes a
feature that will redirect a guest user to an offi cial
log-in page immediately after the user opens a Web
browser — much like a commercial hotspot, except
you will probably not charge your guests for access.
The IT administrator has the ability to customize the
log-in page. Your front desk administrator then easily
can provision guest users on the wireless network
and even set time limits for network access. The
switch also includes integrated authentication
features designed for guest access.
The WS5100 switch can be set up to receive all the
guest user information automatically, keeping track
of log-in times and any odd usage behavior.
In Summary
With some 150,000 hotspots blanketing airspace
all over the world, your employees have the luxury
of easy access to the corporate network, wherever
they may roam. But it’s important to make sure they
do so without compromising the personal data or
the corporate network.
For more information about Motorola’s RFS7000,
WS5100 and WS2000 Wireless Switches, AP-5131
Access Point, or Wireless Intrusion Protection
System visit www.motorola.com/enterprisewlan.
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