Setting The Operating Region And Channel; Controlling Ssid Broadcasts; Logging Authentication Events; Setting The Wireless Mode - Watchguard Firebox X15 User Manual

wireless network card in your computer must have the same SSID as
the Firebox X Edge Wireless.
To change the SSID of the Firebox X Edge Wireless, type a new
name in the SSID field to uniquely identify your wireless network.

Setting the operating region and channel

There are eight options for operating region: Americas, Asia, Austra-
lia, EMEA, France, Israel, Japan and the People's Republic of China.
This parameter is configured when you use the Quick Setup Wizard
and cannot be changed after it is set.
The set of channels available for each operating region are in the
Channel drop-down list. With the channel set to Auto, the Firebox X
Edge automatically selects the channel with the strongest signal
available in its physical location.

Controlling SSID broadcasts

Computers with wireless network cards send requests to see if there
are wireless access points to which they can connect. To configure
the Firebox X Edge Wireless to send and answer these requests,
select the Broadcast SSID and respond to SSID queries check box.
For security, turn this option on only when you are configuring
computers on your network to connect to the Edge. Disable this
option after all your clients are configured. If you use the wireless
guest services feature, it can be necessary to allow SSID broadcasts
in standard operation.

Logging authentication events

An authentication event occurs when a wireless computer tries to
connect to the Firebox X Edge Wireless. To have the Firebox X Edge
Wireless record these events in the log file, select the Log Authenti-
cation Events check box.

Setting the wireless mode

Most wireless cards can operate only in 802.11b (up to 11 MB/sec-
ond) or 802.11g (54 MB/second) mode. To set the operating mode
for the Firebox X Edge, select an option from the Wireless Mode
drop-down list. There are three wireless modes:
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