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Role - Role assigned to this connection. To change a user's role, mark that user's
checkbox and then select the new role from the Override Role dropdown.
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Authentication - Authentication type (Local = BSC user database)
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Current/Average Kbps - Current and average data throughput in kilobytes per
second (Kbps)
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Start Time - Start date and time of the connection session.
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Connection Count - (Hidden by default) A mechanism to find heavy usage
applications that might put a strain on the controller, such as point-to-point
applications that can use hundreds, and in some cases thousands, of TCP
connections.
Note that In the Role column, a bold underlined role indicates a secure connection.
Positioning the mouse pointer over the role indicates its secure connection type (i.e.,
IPSec, PPTP, or L2TP/IPSec).
PSec, PPTP, or
Each active IPSec, PPTP, or L2TP/IPSec user is represented by two rows. The top row is the
L2TP/IPSec
original connection and looks similar to other non-secure connections. The bottom row
Users
describes the secure tunnel connection. One asterisk (*) denotes the IP address of the
secure tunnel. Two asterisks (**) denote a Transparent NTLM Windows login waiting for
the secure tunnel to become active.
Sorting and
You can use column data filters to limit the display of active user connections to selected
Filtering the
user Names, Roles, or session Start times within certain time periods such as Today or Last
Table
Month. Additionally, you can sort the displayed data by clicking a column heading link.
The displayed data is sorted in ascending or descending order based on the data
contained in the column. The Rows per page control restricts the number of rows
displayed per page for easy viewing.
Forcing a User Logout
To log out a user and terminate their connection to the BSC:
Click the Status tab in the BSC administrator console, click the Active Connections
1.
tab, and then click the All Connections link.
The Active Connections page appears (see Figure 15-1)
2.
Click the user's
and drops the user's connection.
Monitoring a User's IDS Status
The BSC provides an administrator-configurable Intrusion Detection System (IDS) to
defend itself and the network it is protecting from intruders, worms, and other targeted
attacks. See "Intrusion Detection System" on page 10-5 for complete information about
configuring the BSC IDS.
If you have configured the BSC IDS, you can track the IDS status of each user connected
to the BSC. Click the Status tab in the BSC administrator console, click the Active
Connections tab, and then click the IDS link to display the following fields of information:
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Name - User's login name - brackets indicate a static DHCP entry.
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Address - IP address of the user's wireless device.
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MAC address - Hardware address of the wireless device's NIC card.
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Role - Role assigned to this connection.
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IDS State - IDS-designated state for user host. Possible states are: Normal, Pre-
monitoring, Monitoring, and Blocked. See "Intrusion Detection System" on page 10-5
for a complete description of these states.
BlueSecure™ Controller Setup and Administration Guide
icon in the Actions column. The BSC logs out the selected user
Monitoring Active User Connections
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