Forum

compughter,

Does the WIPS spoof the client and transmit a deauth frame with the AP as the recipient

or

does the WIPS spoof the AP and transmit a deauth frame with the client as the recipient?

It seems that both the client and the AP would have to support 802.11w (or a proprietary version) to protect management frames since they both need to know how to use the key(s) in this manner.

From your earlier post: http://www.networkworld.com/news/tech/2006/040306-80211w-wireless-security.html

802.11w will require changes to the firmware of clients and access points.

Do the Dell laptops and the Avaratec have the same internal client adapters or a common chipset?

I looked a little further into Cisco's Wireless IDS Management Frame Protection. It currently appears to be written for AP to AP management frame communication:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/wireless/ps430/products_configuration_guide_chapter09186a0080606d5a.html#wp1094622

Maybe Joel could jump in and school us a bit on it.

Thanks,

moe