The AirGuard™ Wireless Management System (WMS) is a flexible and cost-effective solution designed to help monitor and manage wireless LANs (WLANs). Operating within a flexible Web-based interface, WMS identifies security issues and detects problems on local WLANs as well as remote locations. It helps to discover and manage devices such as access points (APs) remotely and allows for the programming of APs from a central location. Devices to be used within the WLAN can be provisioned prior to being physically attached to the network, and the WMS will automatically discover the device when it is attached. The administrator can also assign operating parameters to a single device and apply or “clone” that profile to multiple devices with a single command via the WMS.