Patent ID: 9178896
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: initiating, at one or more processors of a wireless controller, a rogue access point detection process for a wireless network; transmitting, from the one or more processors, a signature frame to a mobility agent in a wireless switch; constructing the signature frame, by the mobility agent in the wireless switch, to include a switch identifier, a port identifier and a VLAN identifier in the signature frame; transmitting, by the mobility agent in the wireless switch, the signature frame, to one or more access points in the wireless network; receiving, at an authorized access point, the signature frame transmitted via a wireless signal from a rogue access point; reporting reception of the signature frame to the wireless controller; and generating, at the one or more processors, a signal to shut down a port associated with the rogue access point.