METHOD FOR PREVENTING IMPOSTORS IN WIRELESS ACCESS NETWORK, AND ACCESS POINT

摘要

Provided are a method for preventing impostors in a wireless access network, and an access point. The method comprises: establishing a virtual access point or multiple virtual access points, each of which has a corresponding Basic Service Set Identifier (BSSID); connecting a terminal to a virtual access point according to the Media Access Control (MAC) address of the terminal and authenticating the terminal; for the legal terminal passing the authentication, binding the Internet Protocol (IP) address and/or MAC address of the legal terminal with the BSSID of the virtual access point connected with the legal terminal and determining binding relationship between the legal terminal and the virtual access point; according to the binding relationship, forwarding data frames transmitted from the legal terminal and discarding data frames transmitted from the terminal of an impostor. The present invention can realize the aim of preventing impostors in an 802.11 wireless access network with the application of technical solutions of the present invention.