D-Link DWS-3024L User Manual - Page 143

7 Monitoring Status and Statistics 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 MAC Address IP Address Last Failure Type Vendor ID Validation Failures Authentication Failures Protocol Version Software Version Hardware Type Age Description The Ethernet address of the AP. The network IP address of the AP. Indicates the last type of failure that occurred. Vendor of the AP software. The count of association failures for this AP. The count of authentication failures for this AP. Indicates the protocol version supported by the software on the AP. Indicates the version of software on the AP. Hardware platform for the AP. 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 87. The D-Link Unified 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. Monitoring Rogue and RF Scan Access Points 143