Wireless Overview

Wireless is a feature within WhatsUp Gold that allows you to track and manage wireless devices as well as identify rogue devices and access points connected to your network. To access Wireless, click the Wireless tab from the WhatsUp Gold web interface main menu.

WhatsUp Gold Wireless manages the following device types:

Important: If you are monitoring Cisco Aironet Autonomous access points we recommend that you run IOS 12.3 or newer. WhatsUp Gold may report inaccurate data if you are using an older IOS version. For additional information, see the WhatsUp Gold Release Notes.

Supported wireless devices

Refer to the WhatsUp Gold Release Notes for additional supported wireless devices.

The five main views within WhatsUp Gold Wireless are:

Note: While other Wireless pages make historical data available, the Map page only displays devices currently connected to (or detected by) the network.

Each page, except the Log, contains a searchable navigation tree on the left side of the page. Data for the wireless devices, network group, or specific scan selected in the tree is displayed on the page along with any devices beneath it in the hierarchy.

Note: By default, the navigation tree displays a maximum of 25 devices inside any one group. If you select a group with more than 25 devices, Wireless displays data for all devices in that group in the pane to the right of the navigation tree.

To filter the navigation tree using search, enter your full or partial search term and click WW Nav Tree Search Button. The navigation tree updates to reflect only items matching your search parameters.

To remove the filter you applied, click the Clear Filter hyperlink below the search box.

Important: Because of the volume of data collected and stored for Wireless, we recommended that you use Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 or 2008 R2, Microsoft SQL Server 2012, or Microsoft SQL Server Cluster 2005, 2008, 2008 R2, or 2012 to store the data collected by WhatsUp Gold.

Note: WhatsUp Gold Wireless is accessible on the web interface only; however, configuring device role settings, including wireless device roles, must be performed on the WhatsUp Gold console.

Note: Device cloning is not available for wireless devices.

Note: The date/time format in WhatsUp Gold Wireless and WhatsUp Gold Virtual as well as the Discovery console, are not affected by the settings in the Regional settings dialog in the WhatsUp Gold console. Instead, the date/time format for these areas of the WhatsUp Gold interface are automatically adjusted based on the browser regional language selection.

See Also

Welcome to WhatsUp Gold Wireless

Wireless accessibility