RE: Identification of non Cisco AP's

["Jonathan Gauntt" <jon0966 () yahoo com>]

We have 500 offices, I would be on the road for a year.

-----Original Message-----
From: Sherwood R. Probeck [mailto:engineer () probeck net] 
Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 1:55 PM
To: Jonathan Gauntt
Cc: security-management () securityfocus com; pen-test () securityfocus com
Subject: Re: Identification of non Cisco AP's

I use NetStumbler to detect any and all wireless activity on our network.
http://www.netstumbler.com/

Regards,
Sherwood R. Probeck
Security Engineer

Jonathan Gauntt wrote:

> Hi,
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> I have been tasked with the project of scanning and identifying all non
> Cisco wireless access points within the company's network.
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> We have about 800 /22 and /24 subnets, and because of the IP addressing
> scheme in place, might just be easier for me to scan the whole class A
range
> of IP's.
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> I have access to Nessus and GFI Security Scanner.  Since we over 8000 IP's
> in place, does anyone have any advice on the best way to identify these non
> Cisco AP's such as Linksys and Netgear, etc.
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> I wouldn't want to have a report produced that is two miles long unless
> absolutely necessary.
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> Thanks,
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> Jonathan
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