ACCESS POINT MODES

ACCESS POINT MODES

1. LOCAL MODE

   • MEASURES NOISE FLOOR AND INTERFERANCE

2. FLEX CONNECT

   • KNOWN AS HREAP ALLOWS DATA TRAFFIC TO BE SWITCHED LOCALLY AND NOT TO GO BACK TO THE CONTROLLER

3. MONITOR MODE

   • DOES NOT HANDLE DATA TRAFFIC BETWEEN CLIENTS AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE

4. ROGUE DETECTOR MODES

   • MONITOR FOR ROGUE APs

5. SNIFFER MODE

   • RUN AS A SNIFFER AND CAPTURES AND FORWARDS ALL THE PACKETS ON A PARTICULAR CHANNEL TO A REMOTE MACHINE TO USE A PROTOCOL ANALYSER

6. BRIDGE MODE

   • BRIDGE TOGETHER THE WLAN AND THE WIRED INFRASTRUCTURE TOGETHER