Harden the Wireless Edge

Wireless Intrusion Prevention • Ferncliff Outfitters • Halcyon WLC Security Center (simulation)

Wireless Intrusion Prevention (WIPS)

Security Center / Intrusion Prevention

Controller hwlc-180-a manages 6 access points across the Ferncliff store floor and stockroom. Networks in service: FERN-CORP (staff, WPA3-Enterprise) and FERN-GUEST (isolated guest segment). Apply the protections below, then complete the knowledge check on the right.

Wireless flood protection

Rate-limit excessive association and probe requests so a single source cannot exhaust the radios (denial-of-service mitigation).

OFF
Lock out clients after repeated authentication failures

Temporarily quarantine a client MAC after too many failed joins, then auto-release after the lockout window.

OFF
Lockout window

How long a flagged client stays quarantined before the controller re-admits it. Required setting for this lab: 180 seconds.

seconds