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WGS > Accounts
Manually Configuring Wireless Guests
To configure new wireless guest accounts, click Add. The Add Guest Account window is displayed.
Account Profile:
The following settings are enabled by default:
Enable Account: When selected, the wireless guest account is automatically enabled. You can
clear the checkbox to disable the account until necessary.
Auto-Prune Account: By default, newly created accounts are set to Auto-Prune, automatically
deleted when expired. If Auto-Prune is cleared, the account remains in the list of WGS accounts
with an Expired status, allowing it to be easily reactivated.
Enforce login uniqueness: By enforcing login uniqueness, the TZ 50 Wireless/TZ 150 Wireless/
TZ 170 Wireless allows only a single instance of a WGS account to be used at any one time. By
default, this feature is enabled when creating a new WGS account. If you want to allow multiple
users to login with a single account, this enforcement is disabled by clearing the Enforce login
uniqueness checkbox.
Activate account upon first login: By default, the Activate Account Upon First Login is enabled
on the TZ 50 Wireless/TZ 150 Wireless/TZ 170 Wireless. The WGS account remains inactive until
the user logs in and activates the account.
Account Name: Generate
Account Password: Generate
Confirm Password:
Account Lifetime: This setting defines how long an account remains on the TZ 50 Wireless/TZ
150 Wireless/TZ 170 Wireless before the account expires. If Auto-Prune is enabled, the account
is deleted by the SonicWALL security appliance. If the Auto-Prune checkbox is cleared, the
account remains in the list of WGS accounts with an Expired status, allowing easy reactivation.
Session Lifetime: Defines how long a WGS session remains active after it has been activated. By
default, activation occurs the first time a WGS user logs into an account. Alternatively, activation
can occur at the time the account is created by clearing the Activate account upon first login
checkbox. The Session Lifetime cannot exceed the value set in the Account Lifetime.
Idle Timeout: Defines the maximum period of time when no traffic is passed on an activated WGS
session. Exceeding the period defined by this setting expires the session, but the account itself
remains active as long as the Account Lifetime hasn't expired. The Idle Timeout cannot exceed
the value set in the Session Lifetime.
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Account Detail Printing
Following the generation of an account, it is possible to click the Print icon on the WGS > Settings
page to send the pertinent account details to the active printer on the administrative workstation for
easy distribution to WGS users. Clicking the Print icon launches the following window, followed by
the administrative workstation's system print dialog.