Rogue wireless device finder

Fluke has released new features for its EtherScope Series II Network Assistant. Security scan and locate features reduce the time taken to find rogue wireless local area network devices by 75%, as measured by the time spent on the same task using an omni-directional antenna found on most PC radio cards.

The locate feature uses an external, directional antenna to identify and pinpoint unauthorised wireless access points. This includes access points in ceilings and on floors above and below.

Also new to EtherScope is the ability to test the performance of LAN and WAN links using commonly accepted request for comments 2544 test procedures. Series II Network Assistant incorporates RFC 2544 tests for measuring throughput, latency and frame loss. These tests are bundled together with EtherScope's current internetwork throughput option and traffic generator.