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Configuring Wireless Interfaces

 

A wireless interface is an interface that has been assigned to a Wireless zone and is used to support SonicWall SonicWave secure access points.

SonicPoints can only be provisioned and managed on the interfaces of security-type wireless (WLAN by default).

To configure wireless interfaces

  1. Navigate to NETWORK | System > Interfaces.
  2. Click the Edit icon in the Configure column for the interface you want to configure. The Edit Interface dialog displays.

    3. Wireless Interface Settings

  3. From Zone, select WLAN or a previously defined custom Wireless zone.
  4. For Mode/IP Assignment, select either:
    • Static IP Mode (default); go to Step 9.
    • Layer 2 Bridged Mode:
  5. Click OK. The options change.

  6. Select an interface to bridge to from Bridged to. Only those interfaces to which this interface can be bridged are displayed.
  7. To block all non-IP traffic, select Block all non-IP traffic.
  8. To never route traffic on the bridged pair, select Never route traffic on this bridge-pair.
  9. Enter the IP address of the zone in the IP Address field.
  10. Enter the subnet mask of the zone in the Subnet Mask field.
  11. Enter any optional comment text in the Comment field. This text is displayed in the Comment column of the Interface table.
  12. If you want to enable remote management of the firewall from this interface, select the supported Management protocol(s): HTTPS, Ping, SNMP, and/or SSH.
  13. If you want to allow selected users with limited management rights to log in to the appliance, select HTTP and/or HTTPS in User Login.
  14. If you selected HTTPS for either Management or User Login protocol, the Add rule to enable redirect from HTTP to HTTPS becomes available and selected. Selecting HTTP for User Login deselects the option even if HTTPS is also selected.
  15. Click OK.