Maximum Wireless Security

Rogue Access Points

Rogue access points are those connected to a network without planning or permission from the network administrator. For example, we know one administrator in Dallas who just did his first wireless security scan (war driving) on his eight-building office campus. To his surprise, he found over thirty access points. Worse, only four of them had authorization to be connected to the network. Needless to say, heads rolled.

Rogue access points are becoming a major headache in the security industry. With the price of low-end access points dropping to just over one hundred dollars, they are becoming ubiquitous. Furthermore, many access points feature settings that make them next to transparent on the actual network, so their presence ...