3com WX1200 3CRWX120695A Manuel D’Utilisation

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R
OGUE
 D
ETECTION
 
AND
 
C
OUNTERMEASURES
MAP radios automatically scan the RF spectrum for other devices 
transmitting in the same spectrum. The RF scans discover third-party 
transmitters in addition to other 3Com radios. MSS considers the 
unknown transmitters to be devices of interest, which are potential 
rogues.
Overview
You can display information about the devices of interest. To identify 
friendly devices, such as unknown access points in your network or 
neighbor’s network, you can add them to the known devices list. You also 
can enable countermeasures to prevent clients from using the devices 
that truly are rogues. 
With 3Com Wireless Switch Manager, you also can display the physical location of a rogue device. (For more information, see the 
Wireless Switch 
Manager Reference Manual
.)
About Rogues and 
RF Detection
RF detection detects all the IEEE 802.11 devices in a Mobility Domain and 
can single out the unauthorized rogue access points.
Rogue Access Points
and Clients
A rogue access point is an access point that is not authorized to operate 
in a network. Rogue access points and their clients undermine the 
security of an enterprise network by potentially allowing unchallenged 
access to the network by any wireless user or client in the physical vicinity. 
Rogue access points and users can also interfere with the operation of 
your enterprise network.