Give Access Points An Authorization Status - Fluke AIRCHECK User Manual

Give Access Points an Authorization Status

When you set the authorization status for each access
point, you can quickly see if an access point is an authorized
part of the network. Access points have Unknown (
the access control list column (ACL) until you change the
status. You can select one access point at a time and change
its status. You can also select Set all APs to Authorized and
then work backwards identifying each access point that
does not have an authorization status.
To give an access point an authorization status
Select Access Points.
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If an access point has more than one MAC address and
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you want to give the MACs different authorization
statuses, select the access point.
Highlight an access point, then press
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Highlight a status on the Authorization Status screen,
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L 
press , then press
Unauthorized device: The access point does not have an
authorization status.
Authorized device: The access point is authorized to
connect to the network.
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ACL.
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Neighbor device: Discovered Access Points that are
owned by a neighboring business or individual.
Unknown device: The access point has
) in
discovered, or authorization status has not has not been set to
reflect the relationship to your network
Flagged device: You can use this symbol for access points
you want to monitor. For example, if you think that an
access point is a rogue, you can put a flag on it until you
learn more about it.
Set all APs to Authorized: Sets all APs on the tester
to Authorized.
Set all AP Series to Authorized: Allows you to set
an AP series to authorized based on BSSID/MAC address or
Vendor MAC prefix.
Set all AP Series to Unauthorized: Allows you to
set an AP series to Unauthorized based on BSSID/MAC
prefix or Vendor MAC prefix. Use this option when you
need to exclude (unauthorize) a specific vendor or BSSID
from your network.
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