Switch Security
6.2.1.1Adding or Editing an Allowed AP
To add a new range or modify the address range used to designate devices as Allowed APs:
1.Select Security > Access Point Intrusion Detection from the main tree menu.
2.Click the Configuration tab.
3.Select an existing Allowed AP and click the Edit button to modify the properties of an existing Allowed AP or click the Add button to define the attributes of a new Allowed AP.
4.If adding a new Allowed AP, use the Index parameter to assign a numerical index value to this particular access point. The index range is from
5.Refer to the BSS MAC Address field to define the following:
Any MAC Address/ | Click the Any MAC Address radio button to allow any MAC address located on the |
Specific MAC | network as an Allowed AP. This is not necessary if a specific MAC address is used with this |
Address | particular index. |
| Click the second radio button to enter a specific MAC address as an Allowed AP. Use this |
| option if (for network security) you want to restrict the number of MAC Addresses used for |
| this index to a single MAC address. |
6. Refer to the ESSID field to configure access point ESSID permissions.
Any ESSID/Specific | Click the Any ESSID radio button to allow any ESSID located on the network as an Allowed |
ESSID | AP. This may not be necessary if a specific ESSID was used with this particular index. |
| Click the second radio button to enter a specific ESSID as an Allowed AP. Use this option if |
| (for network security) you want to restrict the number of device ESSIDs saved for this index |
| to a single access point ESSID. |
7.Refer to the Status field for the current state of the requests made from applet. This field displays error messages if something goes wrong in the transaction between the applet and the switch.
8.Click OK to use the changes to the running configuration and close the dialog.
9.Click Cancel to close the dialog without committing updates to the running configuration.
