09-29-2011 06:38 AM - edited 07-03-2021 08:50 PM
Anyone have any solid information on this warning? I found a few things online, but nothing great. Thanks.
09-29-2011 11:58 PM
Actually, spectrally inverted is swapping the I and Q arms of the signal. I(n)' = Q(n); Q(n)' = I(n); That just looks like noise to any WIFI chip, other than for Long Preamble 11b.
Inverted: I/Q (in-phase/quadrature) modulation is inverted, compared to the 802.11 spec
11-23-2011 03:41 AM
Do you maybe have more information about this?
I receive that alarm around 10-30 times a day on our campus. WCS treats this alarm with a Severity of Critical and thus I receive the email. But the email does not really contain any details.
Is there a way to troubleshoot this issue on the controllers?
Is there a way to found out which controller raised the alarm?
The alarm usualy goes away after 1-2 minutes.
02-20-2012 12:39 AM
Hi (small update)
We also have still quite a few of those messages. Running Controller 7.0.230.0 and WCS 7.0.230.0 and many 3500 and 1142 APs.
I once checked a few of those alerts and they seemed to come from old iPhones 3G running a 3.x iOS release. Might be a software issue on those models. But that is just a guess on my side. I haven't invested all that much time into it.
Have you got any more information about this, or are we the only ones receiving this kind of errors?
02-20-2012 05:48 AM
take a look at this previous thread.
https://supportforums.cisco.com/message/3460743#3460743
Steve
02-24-2012 03:54 AM
Hi patoberli
I have a customer with the same problem. Every day he got also about 20 "security risk "WIFI Inverted" is detected" per day.My customer has many 3502 APs, and the wism i running 7.0.116.
I have tried to find the inverted WIFI, with my spectrum expert card. I can see the inverted WIFI with spectrum expert, but I was not able to find them physically. After 1-2 minutes they disapeer again.
So I see a semilar problem like you patoberli.
You wrote that it possible was and old iPhone 3G with IOS 3.x. Have you invested more time into this ?
I hope to here from you :-)
Soren
02-24-2012 04:46 AM
Hi Soren
No I haven't spent anymore time. I actually don't even remember how I found the Macaddress of those "Inverted Wifi" devices. But like you, they disappear after some seconds/minutes and thus I don't really care.
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pato
01-30-2013 09:55 AM
Updating this older thread with some info. I was running spectrum expert around a new 3500 AP, and I noticed "WiFi Inverted" signals detected when the AP was in monitor or Spectrum Expert mode.
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