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Chapter 13 MON Profile
Table 61 Configurat ion > Obj ect > MON Profile > Add/ Edit MON Profile ( cont inued)
LABEL
Set Scan Channel
List ( 2.4 G)
Set Scan Channel
List ( 5 G)
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13.3 Technical Reference

The following sect ion cont ains addit ional t echnical inform at ion about t he feat ures described in t his
chapt er.
Rogue APs
Rogue APs are wireless access point s operat ing in a net work's coverage area t hat are not under t he
cont rol of t he net work's adm inist rat ors, and can open up holes in a net work's securit y. At t ackers
can t ake advant age of a rogue AP's weaker ( or non- exist ent ) securit y t o gain access t o t he net work,
or set up t heir own rogue APs in order t o capt ure inform at ion from wireless client s. I f a scan reveals
a rogue AP , you can use com m ercially- available soft ware t o physically locat e it .
Figure 71 Rogue AP Exam ple
X
C
I n t he exam ple above, a corporat e net work's securit y is com prom ised by a rogue AP ( RG) set up by
an em ployee at his workst at ion in order t o allow him t o connect his not ebook com put er wirelessly
( A) . The com pany's legit im at e wireless net work ( t he dashed ellipse B) is well- secured, but t he
rogue AP uses inferior securit y t hat is easily broken by an at t acker (X) running readily available
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DESCRIPTION
Move a channel from t he Ava ila ble ch a n n e ls colum n t o t he Ch a n n e ls
se le ct e d colum n t o have t he APs using t his profile scan t hat channel when
Sca n Ch a n n e l M ode is set t o m anual.
These channels are lim it ed t o t he 2.4 GHz range ( 802.11 b/ g/ n) .
Move a channel from t he Ava ila ble ch a n n e ls colum n t o t he Ch a n n e ls
se le ct e d colum n t o have t he APs using t his profile scan t hat channel when
Sca n Ch a n n e l M ode is set t o m anual.
These channels are lim it ed t o t he 5 GHz range ( 802.11 a/ n) .
Click OK t o save your changes back t o t he device.
Click Ca n ce l t o exit t his screen wit hout saving your changes.
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RG
B
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