Patent ID: 8060939

Claim:
A method for monitoring and displaying selected wireless activity, the method comprising: providing one or more segments of a legacy local area network to be protected, the legacy local area network being characterized by an unsecured airspace; displaying an illustration of the one or more segments of the legacy local area network on a computer display; determining a security policy associated with the one or more segments of the local area network; connecting one or more sensor devices into the legacy local area network to be protected; coupling a server to the legacy local area network; monitoring wireless activity in the airspace associated with the legacy local area network using the one or more sensor devices; detecting a violation of the security policy based upon the information from the monitoring of the wireless activity in the airspace associated with the legacy local area network; automatically processing an action associated with the violation in accordance to the security policy for the one or more segments in the legacy local area network; displaying an indication associated with the violation in accordance to the security policy for the one or more segments in the legacy local area network; displaying a spatial location and associated coverage of one or more of the sensor devices; and displaying a spatial location and associated coverage of at least one access point in the one or more segments of the legacy local area network.