About Wireless Connections To The Trusted Interface; Allow Wireless Connections To The Trusted Interface - Watchguard Firebox X15 User Manual

About wireless connections to the trusted interface

If you enable wireless connections to the trusted interface, we recommend that you enable and use the Edge
feature that allows you to restrict access to the trusted interface by MAC address. This prevents users from
connecting to the Edge from unauthorized computers that could contain viruses or spyware. For more
information on the Allowed MAC Address list, see

Allow wireless connections to the trusted interface

1. To connect to the System Status page, type https:// in the browser address bar, and the IP address of
the Firebox X Edge trusted interface.
The default URL is: https://192.168.111.1
2. From the navigation bar, select Network >Trusted. Select the Wireless tab.
3. Select the Enable wireless bridge to Trusted Network check box to enable the Edge trusted interface
as a wireless access point. Any wireless clients on the trusted network will have full access to computers
on the trusted and optional networks, and access to the Internet as defined in the outgoing firewall
rules on your Edge. If the wireless client sets the IP address on its wireless network card with DHCP, the
DHCP server on the Edge's trusted network must be active and configured.
4. To configure the Edge wireless interface to send and answer SSID requests, select the Broadcast SSID
and respond to SSID queries check box.
5. Select the Log Authentication Events check box if you want the Edge to send a log message to the
log file each time a wireless computer tries to connect to the Edge trusted interface.
6. In the Network name (SSID) text box, type a unique name for your Edge wireless trusted network or
use the default name.
7. To change the fragmentation threshold, type a value in the Fragmentation Threshold field. The
possible values are 256 through 2346. We recommend that you do not change this setting.
User Guide
Restrict access to the trusted interface by MAC
Wireless Setup
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