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Page 50 Deploying SonicPoints for Wireless Access
To add a new profile click Add below the list of SonicPoint
provisioning profiles. To edit an existing profile, select the profile
and click the Configure icon in the same line as the profile you
are editing.
1. In the Add/Edit SonicPoint Profile window on the General
tab:
• Select Enable SonicPoint.
• Enter a Name Prefix to be used as the first part of the
name for each SonicPoint provisioned.
• Select the Country Code for where the SonicPoints
are operating.
2. In the 802.11g Radio tab:
• Select Enable Radio.
• Select a schedule for the radio to be enabled from the
drop-down list.
•For Radio Mode, select the speed that the SonicPoint
will operate on. You can choose from the following:
• 11Mbps - 802.11b
• 54 Mbps - 802.11g
• 108 Mbps - Turbo G
If you choose Turbo Mode, all users in your company
must use wireless access cards that support Turbo
mode.
•For Channel, use AutoChannel unless you have a
reason to use or avoid specific channels.
• Enter a recognizable string for the SSID of each
SonicPoint using this profile. This is the name that will
appear in clients’ lists of available wireless
connections.
• Under ACL Enforcement, 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 to automatically allow
traffic from all devices with MAC addresses in the
group. Select a MAC address group from the Deny
List to automatically deny traffic from all devices with
MAC addresses in the group. The Deny List is
enforced before the Allow List.
• Under WEP/WPA Encryption, select the
Authentication Type for your wireless network.
SonicWALL recommends using WPA2 as the
authentication type.
Note: WPA2 is a more secure replacement for the older
WEP and WPA standards.
• Fill in the fields specific to the authentication type that
you selected. The remaining fields change depending
on the selected authentication type.
3. In the 802.11g Adv tab, configure the advanced radio
settings for the 802.11g radio. For most 802.11g advanced
options, the default settings give optimum performance.
For a full description of the fields on this tab, see the
SonicOS Enhanced Administrator’s Guide.