D-Link DWC-2000 [70/282] Configure client wids settings

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Section 6 - Securing Your Network

Congure Client WIDS Settings

Path: Wireless > General > WIDS > AP WIDS Client Security

The Wireless Intrusion Detection System (WIDS) can help detect intrusion attempts into the wireless network

and take automatic actions to protect the network. The settings you congure on the WIDS Client Conguration

page help determine whether a detected client is classied as a rogue. Clients classied as rogues are considered

to be a threat to network security.

Note: The classication settings on the WIDS Client Conguration page are part of the global conguration on the

controller and must be manually pushed to other controllers in order to synchronize that conguration.

As part of the general association and authentication process, wireless clients send 802.11 management messages

to APs. The WIDS feature tracks the following types of management messages that each detected client sends:

• Probe Requests

• 802.11 Authentication Requests.

• 802.11 De‐Authentication Requests.

In order to help determine whether a client is posing a threat to the network by ooding the network with

management trac, the system keeps track of the number of times the AP received each message type and the

highest message rate detected in a single RF Scan report. On the WIDS Client Conguration page, you can set

thresholds for each type of message sent, and the APs monitor whether any clients exceed those thresholds or

tests.

To congure WIDS Client:

1. Go to Wireless > General > WIDS > AP WIDS Client Security tab.