Nope, you gotta pay for those features and that cost isn't 1-2k... On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 11:04 AM, Kurt Buff <kurt.b...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yup - expensive is in the eye of the holder of the checkbook. In this > case, anything more than about $1-2k wouldn't be contemplated, and I'm > pretty dang sure all of those products are a good deal more than that. > > I was hoping for a small point solution that would solve this problem > more easily than walking and clicking in 15-minute increments, but it > appears not. > > Kurt > > On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 06:39, Ken Schaefer <k...@adopenstatic.com> wrote: > > All the products I know out there (Airwave, Airdefense) etc, are paid > for. Whether it's "expensive" or not is subjective. Most do a lot more than > just detect rogue APs. > > > > Cheers > > Ken > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, 2 March 2011 2:50 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: Wifi monitoring > > > > Another suggestion I just got off another list: Motorola Air Defense -- > http://www.airdefense.net/ Not sure the cost, but it's bound to be cheaper > than Cisco's products. :-) > > > > Here's the full comment from the other list: > > Unless he wants to spend a bloody fortune for cisco's centralized > management system he may want to look at AirDefense by Motorola. > http://www.airdefense.net/ I've not looked at it in real depth but I > attended a local presentation on it's capabilities a couple years ago. It > looked nice, but I'm not sure on the price point so it may be just as > expensive as Cisco. > > > > Chances are unless he has a lot of time to try and bundle a lot of > little linux systems/applications together and correlating the data, he'll > need a centralized management system for his APs. Especially since he > doesn't want to periodically walk around looking for rogues with kismet... > > > > We use Aruba for our wireless network and rogue AP detection/mitigation > is one of the base features of the system. You just put an AP in "Air > Monitor" mode and have at least one on each subnet. It will correlate air > traffic with wired traffic and give you the option to mitigate rogue APs. I > currently do not allow for mitigation due to so many wireless networks > around me.... I would hate to think that my wireless network would just > outright deauth attack another neighbor without my knowledge. > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2011 1:09 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Re: Wifi monitoring > > > > Looks cool, I don't have a twitter or FB account. > > > > On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 09:40, John Cook <john.c...@pfsf.org> wrote: > >> I used this on my traveling laptop, it did a pretty good job. > >> http://www.makayama.com/easywifiradar.html > >> > >> John W. Cook > >> System Administrator > >> Partnership For Strong Families > >> 5950 NW 1st Place > >> Gainesville, Fl 32607 > >> Office (352) 244-1610 > >> Cell (352) 215-6944 > >> MCSE, MCP+I, MCTS, CompTIA A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] > >> Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2011 12:31 PM > >> To: NT System Admin Issues > >> Subject: RE: Wifi monitoring > >> > >> You referring to the MinGW piece? > >> > >> I was surprised at how non-trivial it was. > >> > >> Constructing the tool chain with everything required to rebuild, for > example, RRDtool or NTop is a major piece of work. > >> > >> But I have all my tools on one computer now - Windows, PowerShell, and > UNIX/Linux. > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Michael B. Smith > >> Consultant and Exchange MVP > >> http://TheEssentialExchange.com <http://theessentialexchange.com/> > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] > >> Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2011 12:26 PM > >> To: NT System Admin Issues > >> Subject: Re: Wifi monitoring > >> > >> Ya know, I bet you could teach a class on that last... > >> > >> On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 06:33, Michael B. Smith <mich...@smithcons.com> > wrote: > >>> Trivial to run linux inside a VM on Win7. I used to do it all the time, > until I got MinGW up and working with all my tool chain... > >>> > >>> Regards, > >>> > >>> Michael B. 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