Allow Wireless Connections To The Optional Interface; About Restricting Access To An Interface By Mac Address; Restrict Access To The Optional Interface By Mac Address - Watchguard Firebox X15 User Manual

Allow wireless connections to the optional interface

The Firebox X Edge e-Series Wireless can be configured as a wireless access point with three different security
zones. You can enable wireless devices to connect to the Edge Wireless as part of the trusted network or part
of the optional network. You can also enable a wireless guest services network for Edge users. When you allow
wireless connections through the Edge optional interface, those wireless devices have full access to all
computers on the optional network, and full Internet access according to the rules you have configured for
outgoing access on your Edge.
To configure the Edge to allow wireless connections through the optional interface, see

About restricting access to an interface by MAC address

You can control access to a Firebox X Edge e-Series interface by computer hardware (MAC) address. If this
feature is enabled, and the MAC address of a computer that tries to connect to the Edge network is not
included in this configuration, the connection fails. If you choose to restrict access to the Edge by MAC
address, make sure that you include the MAC address for the computer you use to administer the Edge.

Restrict access to the optional interface by MAC address

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 > Optional and click the Allowed MAC Addresses tab.
3. Select the Restrict Access by Hardware MAC Address check box.
4. Click Scan to have the Edge find all known hardware addresses on the network. If you want the Edge
to try to resolve host names for all Windows computers it finds during the scan process, make sure the
Try to resolve Windows host names during scan check box is selected. This can make the scan
procedure take more time.
5. Select one or more devices that you want to add to your list of allowed MAC addresses for this interface.
Press and hold the CTRL key to select more than one device. You can select from more than one column
at the same time. Click OK to add the device or devices to your list of allowed MAC addresses.
6. To manually add a hardware address and its host name to your configuration, click Add.
7. Select the Log attempted access from MAC addresses not in the list check box if you want the Edge
to generate a log message each time a computer whose hardware address is not in the list tries to get
access to the Edge.
8. Click Submit.
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