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Wireless > IDS

Active scanning occurs when the TZ 50 Wireless/TZ 150 Wireless/TZ 170 Wireless starts up, and at any time Scan Now is clicked on the Wireless > IDS page. When the TZ 50 Wireless/TZ 150 Wireless/TZ 170 Wireless is operating in a Bridge Mode, the Scan Now feature does not cause any interruption to the bridged connectivity. When the TZ 50 Wireless/TZ 150 Wireless/TZ 170 Wireless is operating in Access Point Mode, however, a temporary interruption of wireless clients occurs for no more than a few seconds. This interruption manifests itself as follows:

•Non-persistent, stateless protocols (such as HTTP) should not exhibit any ill-effects.

•Persistent connections (protocols such as FTP) are impaired or severed.

•WiFiSec connections should automatically re-establish and resume with no noticeable interruption to the client.

SAlert: The Scan Now feature causes a brief disruption in service. If this is a concern, wait and use the Scan Now feature at a time when no clients are active, or the potential for disruption becomes acceptable.

Authorizing Access Points on Your Network

Access Points detected by the TZ 50 Wireless/TZ 150 Wireless/TZ 170 Wireless are regarded as rogues until they are identified to the TZ 50 Wireless/TZ 150 Wireless/TZ 170 Wireless as authorized for operation. To authorize an access point, it can be manually added to the Authorized Access Points list by clicking Add and specifying its MAC address (BSSID) along with an optional comment.

Alternatively, if an access point is discovered by the TZ 50 Wireless/TZ 150 Wireless/TZ 170 Wireless scanning feature, it can be added to the list by clicking the Authorize icon .

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