About Wireless Configuration Settings; Change The Ssid; Enable/Disable Ssid Broadcasts - Watchguard Firebox X15 User Manual

Wireless Setup

About wireless configuration settings

When you enable wireless access to the trusted, optional, or wireless guest network, some configuration
settings are common to all three security zones.

Change the SSID

The SSID (Service Set Identifier) is the unique name of your wireless network. To use the wireless network from
a client computer, the wireless network card in the computer must have the same SSID as the Firebox X Edge
e-Series Wireless network the computer will connect to.
The Edge automatically assigns an SSID to each wireless network. This SSID uses a format that contains the
interface name and the 5th-9th digits from the Edge serial number. To change the SSID of an Edge interface,
type a new name in the SSID field to uniquely identify your wireless network.

Enable/disable SSID broadcasts

Computers with wireless network cards send requests to see whether there are wireless access points to which
they can connect. To configure an Edge wireless interface to send and answer these requests, select the
Broadcast SSID and respond to SSID queries check box. For security, turn this option on only while 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.
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