ZyXEL Communications NWA-3163 & NWA-3166 User Manual

 Chapter 3 Tutorials

NWA-3160 Series User’s Guide

Next, test your setup to ensure it is correctly configured. 

• Log into each AP’s Web configurator and click ROGUE AP > Rogue AP. Click 

Refresh. If any of the MAC addresses from 

 appear in 

the list, the friendly AP function may be incorrectly configured - check the 

ROGUE AP > Friendly AP screen. 
If any entries appear in the rogue AP list that are not in 

, write down the AP’s MAC address for future reference and check your e-mail 

inbox. If you have received a rogue AP alert, email alerts are correctly 

configured on that NWA.

• If you have another access point that is not used in your network, make a note 

of its MAC address and set it up next to each of your NWAs in turn while the 

network is running. 
Either wait for at least ten minutes (to ensure the NWA performs a scan in that 

time) or login to the NWA’s Web configurator and click ROGUE AP > Rogue AP 

> Refresh to have the NWA perform a scan immediately.

• Check  the  ROGUE AP > Rogue AP screen. You should see an entry in the list 

with the same MAC address as your “rogue” AP.

• Check  the  LOGS > View Logs screen. You should see a Rogue AP 

Detection entry in red text, including the MAC address of your “rogue” AP.

• Check your e-mail. You should have received at least one e-mail alert (your 

other NWAs may also have sent alerts, depending on their proximity and the 

output power of your “rogue” AP).

This example shows you how to allow certain users to access only specific parts of 
your network. You can do this by using multiple MAC filters and layer-2 isolation 
profiles.

In this example, you run a company network in which certain employees must 
wirelessly access secure file servers containing valuable proprietary data. 

You have two secure servers (1 and 2 in the following figure). Wireless user 
“Alice” (A) needs to access server 1 (but should not access server 2) and wireless 
user “Bob” (B) needs to access server 2 (but should not access server 1). Your