Banned Client MAC Threshold

From the WhatsUp Gold navigation menu:

1. Select the Settings tab, select Alerts and Actions and choose Alert Center.

   Alert Center Libraries view displays.

2. Click the Banned Client MAC Threshold panel (if collapsed).

   The Banned Client MAC Threshold displays.

3. On the Banned Client MAC Threshold panel, click "add" ().

   The Select Banned Client MAC Threshold Type dialog displays.

4. Choose Banned Client MAC Threshold and click OK.

   The Configure Threshold Alert dialog displays.

5. Edit the Banned Client MAC Threshold configuration.

To configure a new Wireless Banned Client MAC Address threshold:

1. Configure the following:
   • Name. Specify a name for the threshold. This name helps you identify the threshold in the Threshold library and displays as the report title on the Alert Center Home page.
   • Threshold. Enter any banned MAC addresses separated by commas and select an interval time range. The default range is 30 minutes. The threshold will alert when any MAC addresses listed are connected to the network in the given time interval.
   • Devices to Monitor. Click Select to choose the devices to which the threshold applies. The Threshold Devices dialog appears. Specify to which devices the threshold applies by adding them or to which devices the threshold does not apply by excluding them using this dialog. Additionally, groups can also be added or excluded from the threshold using this dialog. Click OK.
   • Notification. Select the notification policy to apply to this threshold. This policy begins sending notifications when an item is outside the configured threshold limits. If you do not see an appropriate threshold policy, or if the list is empty, click browse (...) to open the Notification Policy dialog and configure a new policy.

   Note: Notification policies are optional for most thresholds. If you do not select a notification policy, no notifications are generated for the threshold, but a dashboard report listing the out of threshold items still appears on the Alert Center Home page.

   • Threshold Check. Enter a value for the threshold check interval, or the interval at which the Alert Center checks the Network Performance Monitor database to see if there are items that are out of the threshold's parameters. The default check interval is every 5 minutes.
   • Select Automatically resolve items no longer out of threshold to have Alert Center automatically resolve items when they go back inside the parameters of the threshold.
2. Click OK.

Clone a threshold based on a custom or built-in configuration:

1. Click on a threshold on the Thresholds Library panel you want to copy.
2. Click the Copy button, and click OK to create a new Banned Client MAC Threshold.

   The Edit Banned Client MAC Threshold dialog displays.

3. Save or customize your new threshold, either:
   • Type in a new value for Name field (or keep the default) and click OK to save to the Thresholds Library.
   • Follow the Edit Banned Client MAC Threshold instructions.

Delete an existing Banned Client MAC Threshold:

1. Select Banned Client MAC Threshold you want to delete from the Banned Client MAC Threshold panel.
2. Click the Delete button, and then click Yes to confirm the deletion.

   The Banned Client MAC Threshold configuration is deleted.