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:
- LWAP. A Lightweight Access Point provides the signal for a Wi-Fi network devices connections. It stores no data and receives monitoring and configuration information from a Wireless LAN Controller.
- Wireless LAN Controller. A Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) serves as the "brain" of the Wi-Fi network. It is used to configure and manage lightweight access points.
- WAP. A Wireless Autonomous Access Point provides both a signal and Wi-Fi network monitoring and configuration functions. It combines the functionality of a WLC and LAP device.
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.
- Rogue. A Rogue is a device detected due to geographic proximity to an access point but that is unknown to the network and should be investigated to determine potential risk.
For specific wireless device types supported, see the WhatsUp Gold Release Notes.
The five main views within WhatsUp Gold Wireless are:
- Map. Displays a graphical representation of wireless device connections on your network including Wireless LAN Controllers, Access Points, and Clients. Color-coded SSIDs are displayed between Access Points and Clients.
Note: While other Wireless pages make historical data available, the Map page only displays devices currently connected to (or detected by) the network.
- Performance. Displays Bandwidth, Client Count, Rogue Count, Received Signal Strength Indicator, CPU Utilization, Signal to Noise Ratio, and Memory utilization data for wireless infrastructure devices discovered on your network. Data may be viewed in graphical or tabular format.
- Clients. Displays a list of known wireless devices connected to your network as well as connection information for each device.
- Rogues. Displays a list of wireless devices that have been identified as rogues by the Wireless Infrastructure to help you identify rogue devices and mitigate risk. From the Wireless Rogue interface, devices can be sorted by Time, SSID, or MAC Address. Additionally, one or more devices displayed may be selected and subsequently excluded from the list if desired.
- Log. Displays a time line of informational events concerning the wireless service.
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: The navigation tree displays a maximum of 25 devices inside any one group. This limitation only applies to how the navigation tree is displayed; if you select a group with more than 25 devices, Wireless will display data for all devices in that group.
To filter the navigation tree using search, enter your full or partial search term and click 
. 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.
Note: WhatsUp Gold Wireless is only accessible on the web interface, however configuring device role settings, including wireless device roles, must be performed on the WhatsUp Gold console.
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, or Microsoft SQL Server Cluster 2005, 2008, or 2008 R2 to store the data collected by WhatsUp Gold. See Installing WhatsUp Gold using advanced options for more information.
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.