Airtight Networks, Inc.

Sri Ganeshan Sundaralingam

Aniruddha Patwardhan

A method for classifying radio interfaces in a wireless network. The method includes transferring an unknown MAC address associated with a radio interface of a communication device through a wireless medium and detecting the unknown MAC address on the wireless medium using a first sniffer device. The method also includes transferring information through an access point coupled to a wired medium utilizing the radio interface of the wireless communication device. The information includes the unknown MAC address. The method further includes detecting the unknown MAC address on the wired medium using a second sniffer device and classifying the radio interface as an authorized radio interface based upon detecting the unknown MAC address on the wireless medium and detecting the unknown MAC address on the wired medium.

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Mountain View, CA, United States of America

Sri Ganeshan Sundaralingam