A small-town civic center has budget for security monitoring but not a second sensor grid. Serving APs can share scanning duty. Which WIPS approach fits?
Select an answer to reveal the explanation.
Short Explanation
When the budget will not buy a second forest of sensors, integrated WIPS lets the serving APs moonlights as monitors. It is the practical civic-center choice—imperfect versus overlay, but real monitoring beats a lucky SSID name. Match the architecture to the purse without skipping security entirely.
Full Explanation
Integrated WIPS leverages serving access points (and their radios/controllers) to perform wireless intrusion monitoring. It is appropriate when dedicated overlay sensors are not funded but monitoring is still required. Branding, reboots, or assuming attackers avoid named SSIDs are not monitoring solutions. Architects select integrated versus overlay based on coverage, off-channel needs, and budget.