Yes, they do. D. Weiss MCSE/CCNA/SSP2
-----Original Message----- From: Trevor S [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 5:28 AM To: Marc Eiler (Volt); Hornat, Charles; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: detecting wireless access points Do sniffers like AirSnort detect the MAC addresses of the devices that are being used? On Thursday 28 February 2002 04:36 pm, Marc Eiler (Volt) wrote: > 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 > > > ________________________________________________________________ > The information contained in this message is intended only for the > recipient, may be privileged and confidential and protected from > disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, > or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the > intended recipient, please be aware that any dissemination or copying of > this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this > communication in error, please immediately notify us by replying to the > message and deleting it from your computer. > > Thank you, > Standard & Poor's
