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Manage Rogue Access Points, Guest Network Access, and Users

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If you did not yet personalize your user name and password, enter admin for the user

name and password for the password, both in lowercase letters.

3. Click the Login button.

The wireless controller’s web management interface opens and displays the Summary

screen.

4. Select Configuration > Security > Basic > Rogue AP.

The basic Rogue AP screen displays:

The wireless controller can support a total of up to 512 access points from the known and

unknown lists combined.

5. Next to Rogue AP Detection, select the enable radio button.

6. Next to Alert Severity, select the severity of the alarm when a rogue access point is

detected:

• Major. A major alarm is triggered.

• Minor. A minor alarm is triggered.

7. Click the Apply button.

The changes are saved.

Because the neighboring and rogue access points are detected during off-channel scans,

it typically takes about 30 minutes after the rogue

AP detection is enabled for the

neighbor and rogue access points to be detected on one channel.

Once the neighbor and rogue access points are detected, the wireless controller

populates the known list (that is, the database with known access points) and unknown

list (that is, the database with unknown access points).

Classify Rogue Access Points

You can identify what could be access points from neighboring businesses that are known.

As you identify access points, mark them as known or unknown so that the wireless controller

does not keep finding them and flagging them. Marking the access points can help you to

identify your own equipment that must be managed and the rogue access points that must be

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Netgear WC9500 User Manual Page 214