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Disable WG103 Rogue AP is better?
Hi,
Is it better for AP performance to disable Rogue AP feature if i'm not using it?
Thanks
Hi mhndsh,
As far as I have checked, the performance of the WG103 is not affected even if the Rogue AP Detection is turned on. It would be best to turn on Rogue AP Detection because unknown APs and wireless stations are prevented from connecting to the WG103.
Kindly read pages 4-19 to 4-20 of the WG103 reference manual here about Rogue AP Detection.
Regards,
DaneA
NETGEAR Community Team
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Hi mhndsh,
As far as I have checked, the performance of the WG103 is not affected even if the Rogue AP Detection is turned on. It would be best to turn on Rogue AP Detection because unknown APs and wireless stations are prevented from connecting to the WG103.
Kindly read pages 4-19 to 4-20 of the WG103 reference manual here about Rogue AP Detection.
Regards,
DaneA
NETGEAR Community Team
"because unknown APs and wireless stations are prevented from connecting to the WG103."
How does that happen? How does WG103 determine that this station is harmful?
here you can find how tom but not why:
"Kindly read pages 4-19 to 4-20 of the WG103 reference manual here about Rogue AP Detection. "
Thanks
"because unknown APs and wireless stations are prevented from connecting to the WG103."
How does that happen? How does WG103 determine that this station is harmful?
If you will observe, the MAC Address, SSIDs and its corresponding channel(s) are detected and shown in the Unknown AP List. With regard to this, you will be able to identify if the wireless networks detected in the Unknown AP List are suspicious or not.
Regards,
DaneANETGEAR Community Team
A mobile device (such as iPhone/iPad or Android phone/tablet) is a wireless client, it is not a wireless station providing wireless access to any wireless client. Otherwise, if you will set up your mobile device for tethering and it happen that it got listed to the Unknown AP list, then, you can move it to the Known AP List.
Note: Tethering is the use of your cellular phone (or another mobile device that's connected to the internet) as a modem for another device, usually a laptop or a Wi-Fi-only tablet.
Regards,
DaneA
NETGEAR Community Team
I just want to follow-up on this. We’d greatly appreciate your feedback.
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Regards,DaneA
NETGEAR Community Team
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