SonicWALL SonicPoint ACe - Verifying Sonicpoint Operation

SonicWallSonicPointACeGettingStartedGuide
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8SelectEnableRadio.
9SelectaModeorusethedefault.
10 UnderWirelessSecurity,selecttheAuthentication
Typeforyourwirelessnetwork.SonicWallrecommends
usingWPA2astheauthenticationtypeifallclient
devicessupportit.
11 SelecttheCipherType.WhenusingWPAandWPA2,
SonicWallrecommendsAESformaximumsecurity.
12 Fill
inthefieldsspecifictotheauthenticationtypethat
youselected.Theremainingfieldschangedepending
ontheselectedauthenticationtype.
13 Optionally,underACLEnfo rcement,selectEnableMAC
FilterListtoenforceAccessControlbyallowingor
denyingtrafficfromspecificdevices.SelectaMAC
addressobjectgroupfromthe
AllowListorDenyListto
automaticallyallowordenytraffictoandfromall
deviceswithMACaddressesinthe group.TheDenyList
isenforcedbeforetheAllowList.
Radio0/Radio1Advancedtabsettings
14 ClicktheRadio0Advancedtab,ortheRadio1
Advancedtab.
Theconfigurationisverysimilar fortheRadio0
AdvancedandRadio1Advancedtabs.Formost
advancedoptions,thedefaultsettingsgiveoptimum
performance.Forafulldescriptionofthefieldsonthis
tab,seetheSonicOSAdministration
Guide.
15 OptionallyselecttheHideSSIDinBeaconcheckbox.
TheSSIDreferstotheaccesspointnamethatappears
inclients’listsofavailablewirelessconnections.
HidingtheSSIDprovidesadditionalsecuritybecauseit
requirestheusertoknowtheaccesspointnamebefore
connecting.
16 Whenfinishedconfiguringalltabs,clickOK
.
VerifyingSonicPointoperation
ToverifythattheSonicPointisprovisionedandoperational,
navigatetotheSonicPoint>SonicP ointspageinSonicOS.In
theSonicPointNstable,theStatuscolumndisplaysthe
SonicPointACestatus.It shouldsayOperational.
TIP:PSKusesapersonalpassphraseforauthentication,
EAPusesanEnterpriseRADIUSserver.
NOTE:OlderclientdevicesmightnotsupportAES.