Creating a Monitoring AP Group

Note: Ensure the AP to be assigned as the monitoring AP is connected to the controller.
Complete the following procedure to create an AP Monitoring Group.
  1. From the controller GUI main menu, select Monitor > Dashboard > Monitoring APs. The Monitoring APs page is displayed.
  2. (Optional) Create a monitoring Zone within which you can create different AP Monitoring groups that will inherit the monitoring Zone settings.
    1. Select System and click to create a Zone.
    2. For Type, select Zone and enter a meaningful name for this monitoring Zone.
    3. In General Options > AP Admin Logon enter the AP admin username and password.
    4. Under Advanced Options, enable Rogue AP Detection.
    5. For Rogue Classification Policy, configure the following options:
      • In the Report RSSI Threshold field, enter the threshold (the threshold ranges from 0 through 100).
      • Enabling the option Protect the network from malicious rogue access points has no effect as an AP in monitoring mode is a passive listener.
        Note: An AP in a monitoring group cannot be used for prevention services. The monitoring AP will work only in passive mode.
      • Enable Radio Jamming Session and enter the jamming threshold as a percentage.
      • Click OK.
  3. On the Monitoring APs page, select the AP Zone you just created and click to create the AP Monitoring Group.
    1. Enter the group name.
    2. In the Band/Spectrum Configuration section click the tabs labeled 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, and 6 GHz. Enable the Override to select/deselect specific channels.
    3. Under Advanced Options, configure the following options:
      • Enable Rogue Classification Policy and select a rogue classification policy from the list.
        Note: Rogue detection AP in an active-active mode cluster redundancy environment is restricted from storing its own BSSIDs to avoid considering its own APs as rogues attacking.
      • Enable the Override for the Report RSSI Threshold, then enter the threshold (the threshold ranges from 0 through 100).
      • Enable the Override for the Jamming Threshold, then enter the jamming threshold as a percentage.
      • Select the frequency for scanning to detect rogue devices:
        • Low (20 seconds)
        • Medium (60 seconds)
        • High (120 seconds)
      Note: You can configure Jamming Threshold and Report RSSI Threshold for individual APs.
  4. Click OK to save the AP Monitoring Group configuration.
  5. Move an AP to the newly created Monitoring AP Group:
    1. From the navigation menu, select Network > Wireless > Access Points.
    2. In the Access Points page, select the AP from the AP list and click Move.
    3. In the Select Destination AP Zone page, select the Zone and AP Monitoring Group to where the selected AP must be moved and click OK.

    Selecting the AP Monitoring AP Group

Parent topic: Monitoring APs and AP Groups