Monitoring Rogue Clients

You can view connected rogue clients in AirWave by navigating to Clients > Rogue Clients, as shown in Figure 1.

From the Rogue Clients page, you can:

  • Click the MAC address of a rogue to classify the device on the Client > Client Details page.
  • Click the Rogue AP link to review the AP Details, rogue associations, and discovery events on the RAPIDS > Details page for the AP.

Figure 1  Clients > Rogue Clients Page

Table 1 describes the fields on this page.

Table 1: Clients > Rogue Clients Fields

Field

Description

MAC Address

Displays the MAC address of the rogue client. Click on this to jump to the Clients > Client Detail page for this rogue.

Username

The user name associated with this client.

Rogue AP

The name of the Rogue AP. Click on this to jump to the RAPIDS > Detail page for this AP.

Device Type

The type of device, such as iPhone, Windows 7, etc.

SSID

The SSID of this client.

BSSID

The BSSID of this client.

First Heard

The date and time when this rogue client was first noticed.

Last Heard

The date and time when this rogue client was last noticed.

Location

If a location is available, you can click on this link to open the VisualRF floor plan and location on which this client resides.

Connection Mode

Shows the type of connection, such as 802.11n, 802.11b, etc.

Ch BW

Shows the channel bandwidth for this rogue client.

Signal

Shows the signal value for this rogue client.

SNR

Shows the signal-to-noise ratio.

Channel

Shows the channel on which this rogue client is broadcasting.