Depending on the brand of transceiver that you are using, you
may be able to add all of the MAC addresses of the access points that
you are using into the transceiver's DB. I used a Lucent WaveLAN
wireless network, and we were able to prevent anybody from connecting
unless we had entered the MAC address into our DB. I realize that this
doesn't address the question of "how do I discover if a rogue is
connected", but this information may be able to allow you to not to have
to worry about the need to detect rogue connections.
Virtually,
MarC Eiler
-----Original Message-----
From: Hornat, Charles [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 1:22 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: detecting wireless access points
What is the best method to discover rogue wireless access points on your
network? Other than the obvious, buy a laptop with a wireless card and
search theory. Is there a network tool that would detect a wireless
access point being plugged in?
As a security administrator, I would like to have the ability to know if
a user has purchased an access point and plugged it into my network.
Any thoughts are appreciated.
mrcorp
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