Chapter 3 Tutorial

marked E, and a computer, marked F, connected to the wired network. The coffee shop’s access point is marked 1.

Figure 29 Tutorial: Wireless Network Example

In the figure, the solid circle represents the range of your wireless network, and the dashed circle represents the extent of the coffee shop’s wireless network. Note that the two networks overlap. This means that one or more of your APs can detect the AP (1) in the other wireless network.

When configuring the rogue AP feature on your NWAs in this example, you will need to use the information in the following table. You need the IP addresses of your APs to access their Web configurators, and you need the MAC address of each AP to configure the friendly AP list. You need the IP address of the mail server to set up e-mail alerts.

Table 3 Tutorial: Rogue AP Example Information

DEVICE

IP ADDRESS

MAC ADDRESS

Access Point A

192.168.1.1

00:AA:00:AA:00:AA

 

 

 

Access Point B

192.168.1.2

AA:00:AA:00:AA:00

 

 

 

Access Point C

192.168.1.3

A0:0A:A0:0A:A0:0A

 

 

 

Access Point D

192.168.1.4

0A:A0:0A:A0:0A:A0

 

 

 

File / Mail Server E

192.168.1.25

N/A

 

 

 

Access Point 1

UNKNOWN

AF:AF:AF:FA:FA:FA

 

 

 

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