Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Detecting network device configuration errors using authentication requests from wireless endpoints
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Application No.: US15434859Application Date: 2017-02-16
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Publication No.: US10212039B1Publication Date: 2019-02-19
- Inventor: Vivek Santuka , Aaron Troy Woland , Pok Sze Wong , Jesse Ryan Dubois , Kannan Muthusamy
- Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC
- Main IPC: H04L12/24
- IPC: H04L12/24 ; H04L12/26 ; H04W12/06 ; H04W88/02 ; H04W84/12 ; H04W88/08

Abstract:
A management server communicates with an authentication server that authenticates endpoints, which are configured to connect wirelessly with access points (APs) controlled by respective ones of a plurality of controllers. Weights for the APs and the controllers are stored. Event logs detailing requests for authentication of the endpoints are received. For each request, roaming conditions for the endpoint that triggered the request are determined. Also, a respective weight of one or more of the AP connected with the endpoint and of the controller that controls the AP is increased by a respective amount depending on whether the roaming conditions are caused by the AP and the controller being improperly configured or properly configured. Identities of ones of the APs and the controllers having weights that exceed one or more weight thresholds each indicative of an improperly configured AP or controller are stored.
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