New Features; Wips Support; Trusted Host Management - Motorola AP-51 Series Product Reference Manual

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AP-51xx Access Point Product Reference Guide
If you are new to using an access point for managing your network, refer to
page 1-21 for an overview on wireless networking fundamentals.

1.1 New Features

The following new features have been introduced since the 2.0 release:
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WIPS Support

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Trusted Host Management

• Apache Certificate Management
• Adaptive AP
• Rogue AP Enhancements
• Bandwidth Management Enhancements
• Radius Time-Based Authentication
• QBSS Support
Legacy users can upgrade their firmware image to version 2.1 to benefit from the new features
described in this section. For information on upgrading the access point's firmware image, see
Updating Device Firmware on page
1.1.1 WIPS Support
An access point can radio can function as a Wireless Intrusion Protection System (WIPS) sensor and
upload sensor mode operation information to a WIPS Server.
WIPS protects your wireless network, mobile devices and traffic from attacks and unauthorized
access. WIPS provides tools for standards compliance and around-the-clock 802.11a/b/g wireless
network security in a distributed environment. WIPS allows administrators to identify and accurately
locate attacks, rogue devices and network vulnerabilities in real time and permits both a wired and
wireless lockdown of wireless device connections upon acknowledgement of a threat.
For use in configuring the access point for WIPS support, see
page 5-66.
1.1.2 Trusted Host Management
Trusted subnet management restricts AP-51x1 LAN1, LAN2 and WAN interface access (via SNMP,
HTTP, HTTPS, Telnet and SSH) to a set of user defined trusted host or subnets. Only hosts with
matching subnet (or IP) addresses are able to access the access point. Enabling the feature denies
access from any subnet not defined as trusted. Once a set of trusted hosts is defined and applied, the
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Theory of Operations on
Configuring WIPS Server Settings on