Patent ID: 8069483

Claim:
A device for detecting intrusion into a wireless network, comprising: a) a configuration file unit; b) a rules files unit; c) a main processing unit connected to the configuration files unit and rules file unit; d) a set packet preprocessor unit connected to the main processing unit; e) an initialize preprocessors unit connected to the main processing unit; f) a parse rules file unit connected to the main processing unit; g) an interface thread unit connected to the main processing unit; h) a process packet unit connected to the interface thread unit; i) a decode unit connected to the process packet unit; j) a preprocess unit connected to the process packet unit; k) a plurality of preprocessors connected to the preprocess unit, including a rogue access point and transmit channel preprocessor, a NETSTUMBLER preprocessor, a MAC spoofing preprocessor, a DEAUTH flood preprocessor, an AUTH flood preprocessor, a rogue client preprocessor, a bridged network preprocessor, a rogue client valid access point preprocessor, valid client rogue access point preprocessor, an ad-hoc network preprocessor, a wrong channel preprocessor, a cloaking violation preprocessor, an encryption violation preprocessor, and a null SSID violation preprocessor; and l) a detect unit connected to the preprocess unit and the process packet unit.