Methods and apparatus are disclosed for locating and disabling the switch
port of a rogue wireless access point. In one embodiment, a network
management device is configured to detect the presence of a rogue access
point on a managed wireless network. Once detected, the management device
may then instruct a special client, such as a scanning AP, to associate
with the rogue access point and send a discovery packet through the rogue
access point to network management device. The network management device
upon receiving the discovery packet may thereby determine that the rogue
access point is connected to a network managed by said network device.
The network device may then utilize information contained in the
discovery packet to locate the switch port to which the rogue access
point is connected, and ultimately disable the switch port to which the
rogue access point is connected.