How to Track Devices

Device Tracking

Devices Tracked by Cisco Spaces: Detect and Locate

Cisco Spaces: Detect and Locate can track the following devices within your network:

  • Wireless Clients

  • Interferers

  • Rogue APs

  • Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) tags, and

  • Rogue Clients.

Enable or Disable Device Tracking in Cisco Spaces

Follow these steps to enable or disable the tracking of specific device types:

Procedure


Step 1

From the left navigation bar of the Detect and Locate dashboard, select Configure.

Step 2

Choose General.

  1. Here, you can choose to enable or disable the tracking of device types as needed.

Figure 1. Enable or Disable Specific Device Types

Device Visibility

Enable Device Visibility

Follow these steps to show or hide devices of a particular type:

Procedure


Step 1

Navigate to the Detect and Locate dashboard.

Step 2

Click on the eye icon (Show/Hide button) corresponding to the respective device type.

Step 3

Ensure that the eye icon is enabled so that you can view the device type on the dashboard.

Figure 2. Enable or Disable the Visibility of Specific Device Types

View Enabled Device Types

Follow these steps to view the enabled device types:

Procedure


Step 1

Navigate to the Detect and Locate dashboard.

Step 2

Check the current status of each device type to see which ones are enabled.

Figure 3. Check the Visibility Status of Device Types

Keep Devices Visible with Regular Updates

Detect and Locate uses a device eviction time of 10 minutes. Ensure that the following updates are received at this interval from the wireless controller:

  • Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI)
  • Angle of Arrival (AOA)
  • Information (Info), and
  • Statistics (Stats).

Eviction Times

If a device does not send updates within the ten-minute eviction time, Cisco Spaces removes the device from the system.