
Summit WM-Series WLAN Switch and Altitude Access Point Software Version 1.0 User Guide
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10 Summit Spy: detecting rogue access points
Overview
The Summit WM-Series Switch Software system includes a mechanism that assists in the detection of
rogue access points. The function is called the Summit Spy.
The Summit Spy feature has three components:
● a radio frequency (RF) scanning task that runs on the Altitude AP. The Altitude AP itself functions
as a scan device. Its scan function alternates with providing its regular service the wireless devices
on the network. You set up the scan parameters in the Summit Spy user interface.
● an application called the RF Data Collector (RFDC) on the Summit WM-Series Switch that receives
and manages the RF scan messages sent by the Altitude AP. The scan data includes lists of all
connected Altitude APs, third Party APs and other friendly APs and the RF scan information that
has been collected from the Altitude APs.
● an Analysis Engine on the Summit WM-Series Switch that processes the scan data from the RFDC
through algorithms that make decisions about whether a detected access point is a rogue access
point.
NOTE
In a network with more than one Summit WM-Series Switch, the analysis engine should be active on only one
Summit WM-Series Switch that communicates with the RFDC applications running on itself and on the other
Summit WM-Series Switchs on the network. Ensure that these are all routable.
To use the Summit Spy, you must first enable it in the Summit WM-Series Switch Configuration area of the
user interface.
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