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Chapter 2 Fault Descriptions

Access Point /Bridge Faults

Access Point /Bridge Faults

Table 2-1	Access Point Faults
Fault Description		Explanation	Related Setting	Recommended Action
Access point ssid		An access point that was previously	IDS > Manage	Use the fault details page to mark it
reclassified from		determined to be Friendly has been	Network-Wide IDS	friendly if the AP is known, or to
Friendly to Rogue due		reclassified to Rogue:	Settings > Rogue	delete it from the WLSE database if it
to rule		ssid is the Service Set Identifier of	AP Detection >	is an unknown AP.
			Friendly to Rogue
		the unmanaged radio’s BSS.
			AP Reclassification
		rule is one of the following:
			or
		• Change in RSSI ordering
			IDS > Manage
		between observers
			Rogues
		The estimated proximity of the
		unmanaged radio between two
		observers has switched—if the
		WLSE thought that observer A
		was closer to radio R than
		observer B, it now thinks that
		observer B is closer to radio R
		than observer A.
		• Difference in relative RSSI
		between original and current
		observers exceeded threshold
		While radio R’s strength
		changed by factor M between
		observer A and observer B, it
		changed by factor M+T between
		observer B and observer C. That
		is, it does not
Access point ssid		appear that radio R’s change in
reclassified from		strength is merely due to a
Friendly to Rogue due		change in its power
to rule		configuration.
(continued)		• Fewer than two observers
		• Too long without any
		observations
AP CPU utilization is		The fault threshold set for the	Manage Fault	Verify that the fault threshold is set
Degraded		degraded state has been exceeded.	Settings > Access	correctly.
(utilization %)		When this fault has been cleared, the	Point/Bridge	If the threshold is set correctly, review
		following message displays: AP CPU	Thresholds > CPU	your network to determine the action
		utilization is Ok.	Utilization	necessary to clear the fault condition.

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