D-Link DWS 3000 user manual Monitoring Rogue and RF Scan Access Points

D-Link Unified Access System User Manual

Click the MAC address of the AP to view more information about the AP. If the AP is not a D-Link Access Point, some values are unknown.

To view additional data (beacon information) for an AP in the failure list, you can search for

the MAC address of the failed AP on the Rogue/RF Scan page. However, some APs that attempt to contact the switch on the wired network might not be detected during the RF scan.

Table 39. Access Point Authentication Failure Status

Field	Description
MAC Address	The Ethernet address of the AP.
IP Address	The network IP address of the AP.
Last Failure Type	Indicates the last type of failure that occurred.
Vendor ID	Vendor of the AP software.
Validation Failures	The count of association failures for this AP.
Authentication Failures	The count of authentication failures for this AP.
Protocol Version	Indicates the protocol version supported by the software on the
	AP.
Software Version	Indicates the version of software on the AP.
Hardware Type	Hardware platform for the AP.
Age	Time in seconds since failure occurred.

Monitoring Rogue and RF Scan Access Points

The radios on each D-Link Access Point can periodically scan the radio frequency to collect information about other APs and wireless clients that are within range. In normal operating mode the AP always scans on the operational channel for the radio. Two other scan modes are available for each radio on the APs:

•Scan Other Channels—Configures the AP to periodically leave its operational channel and scan other channels within that frequency.

•Scan Sentry—Disables normal operation of the radio and performs a continuous radio scan. In this mode, no beacons are sent, and no clients are allowed to associate with the AP.

When Scan Other Channels or Scan Sentry modes are enabled, the AP scans all available channels on each radio. When the scan is complete, the AP sends information it collected during the RF scan to the switch that manages it. For information about how to configure the scan mode, see “Configuring Wireless Radio Settings” on page 80.

The D-Link WLAN Controller Switch considers an access point to be a Rogue if is detected during the RF scan process and the MAC address of the detected AP is not in the local or RADIUS Valid AP database or if the AP is not managed by a peer switch.

From the Monitoring > Access Points > Rogue/RF Scan Access Points page, you can view information about all APs detected via RF scan, including those reported as Rogues.

You can sort the APs in the list based any of the column headings. For example, to group all Rogue APs together, click Status.

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