Systems and methods for remote testing of wireless lan access points

A wireless monitoring system configured for remote testing of an access point, comprising:

• one or more wireless sensors configured to monitor traffic on a wireless network;
• one or more servers communicatively coupled to the one or more wireless sensors;
• and
• a remote access point testing procedure executed on one of the one or more wireless sensors and one of the one or more servers, wherein the remote access point testing procedure is configured to convert the one of the one or more wireless sensors to a wireless client in order to remotely test the access point.

A wireless monitoring method, comprising:

• providing the wireless monitoring system comprising a server communicatively coupled to one or more distributed wireless sensors;
• monitoring the wireless network for intrusions with the wireless monitoring system;
• configuring access point test parameters in the wireless monitoring system;
• and
• responsive to access point test parameters, testing one or more access points in the wireless network with the wireless monitoring system.