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SonicOS Enhanced 4.0 Administrator Guide
Questions Examples Solutions
How many different types of
users will I need to support?
Corporate wireless, guest access,
visiting partners, wireless devices
are all common user types, each
requiring their own VAP
Plan out the number of different
VAPs needed. Configure a Zone
and WLAN subnet for each VAP
needed
Your Configurations:
How many users will each VAP
need to support?
A corporate campus has 100
employees, all of whom have
wireless capabilities
The DHCP scope for the visitor
Zone is set to provide at least 100
addresses
A corporate campus often has a few
dozen wireless capable visitors
The DHCP scope for the visitor
Zone is set to provide at least 25
addresses
Your Configurations:
How do I want to secure different
wireless users?
A corporate user who has access to
corporate LAN resources.
Configure WPA2-EAP
A guest user who is restricted to
only internet access
Enable WGS but configure no
security settings
A legacy wireless printer on the
corporate LAN
Configure WEP and enable MAC
address filtering
Your Configurations:
What network resources do my
users need to communicate
with?
A corporate user who needs access
to the corporate LAN and all internal
LAN resources, including other
WLAN users.
Enable Interface Trust on your
corporate zone.
A wireless guest who needs to
access internet and should not be
allowed to communicate with other
WLAN users.
Disable Interface Trust on your
guest zone.
Your Configurations: