This MIB is intended to be implemented on all those devices operating as Central Controllers, that terminate the Light Weight Access Point Protocol tunnel from Cisco Light-weight LWAPP Access Points. This MIB provides information about the Rogue APs and Clients that are detected by the controller. The relationship between CC and the LWAPP APs can be depicted as follows: +......+ +......+ +......+ + + + + + + + CC + + CC + + CC + + + + + + + +......+ +......+ +......+ .. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . +......+ +......+ +......+ +......+ + + + + + + + + + AP + + AP + + AP + + AP + + + + + + + + + +......+ +......+ +......+ +......+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . +......+ +......+ +......+ +......+ + + + + + + + + + MN + + MN + + MN + + MN + + + + + + + + + +......+ +......+ +......+ +......+ The LWAPP tunnel exists between the controller and the APs. The MNs communicate with the APs through the protocol defined by the 802.11 standard. LWAPP APs, upon bootup, discover and join one of the controllers and the controller pushes the configuration, that includes the WLAN parameters, to the LWAPP APs. The APs then encapsulate all the 802.11 frames from wireless clients inside LWAPP frames and forward the LWAPP frames to the controller. GLOSSARY Access Point ( AP ) An entity that contains an 802.11 medium access control ( MAC ) and physical layer ( PHY ) interface and provides access to the distribution services via the wireless medium for associated clients. LWAPP APs encapsulate all the 802.11 frames in LWAPP frames and sends them to the controller to which it is logically connected. Light Weight Access Point Protocol ( LWAPP ) This is a generic protocol that defines the communication between the Access Points and the Central Controller. Mobile Node ( MN ) A roaming 802.11 wireless device in a wireless network associated with an access point. Mobile Node and client are used interchangeably. Rogue Any 802.11 device which is not part of the RF network is a Rogue device. Ad-hoc Network A set of mobile devices within direct communication range establishing a network among themselves for transmitting data, without the use of a Access point is called a ad-hoc network. Rogue Ad-hoc Client Any 802.11 client which is part of that ad-hoc network, but not in the trusted list. Service Set Identifier ( SSID ) SSID is a unique identifier that APs and clients use to identify with each other. SSID is a simple means of access control and is not for security. The SSID can be any alphanumeric entry up to 32 characters. RSSI Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI), the IEEE 802.11 standard defines a mechanism by which RF energy is to be measured by the circuitry on a wireless NIC. Its value is measured in dBm and ranges from -128 to 0. Rogue Location Detection Protocol (RLDP) RLDP is a protocol to detect and automatically contain rogue devices. When the controller discovers a rogue access point, it uses the Rogue Location Discovery Protocol (RLDP) to determine if the rogue is attached to your network. RLDP can be enabled/disabled per controller level. LRAD (LWAPP RADIO) Light Weight Access Point Protocol Radio basically ones own AP. REFERENCE [1] Wireless LAN Medium Access Control ( MAC ) and Physical Layer ( PHY ) Specifications. [2] Draft-obara-capwap-lwapp-00.txt, IETF Light Weight Access Point Protocol.