Deploying Sonicpoints For Wireless Access - SonicWALL NSA 240 Getting Started Manual

Deploying SonicPoints for Wireless
Access
This section describes how to configure SonicPoints with the
SonicWALL NSA 240. See the following subsections:
• Updating SonicPoint Firmware
• Configuring SonicPoint Provisioning Profiles
• Configuring a Wireless Zone
• Assigning an Interface to the Wireless Zone
• Connecting the SonicPoint
SonicWALL SonicPoints are wireless access points specially
engineered to work with SonicWALL security appliances to
provide wireless access throughout your enterprise. The
SonicPoint section of the SonicOS management interface lets
you manage the SonicPoints connected to your system.
Before you can manage SonicPoints in the Management
Interface, you must first:
• Verify that the SonicPoint image is downloaded to your
SonicWALL security appliance.
• Configure your SonicPoint provisioning profiles.
• Configure a Wireless zone.
• Assign profiles to wireless zones. This step is optional. If
you do not assign a default profile for a zone, SonicPoints
in that zone will use the first profile in the list.
• Assign an interface to the Wireless zone.
• Attach the SonicPoints to the interface in the Wireless zone
and test.
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Updating SonicPoint Firmware
If your SonicWALL appliance has Internet connectivity, it will
automatically download the correct version of the SonicPoint
when you connect a SonicPoint device. See the SonicOS
Enhanced Administrator's Guide for more details.
Configuring SonicPoint Provisioning Profiles
SonicPoint Profile definitions include all of the settings that can
be configured on a SonicPoint, such as radio settings for the
2.4GHz and 5GHz radios, SSIDs and channels of operation.
Once you have defined a SonicPoint profile, you can apply it to
a Wireless zone. Each Wireless zone can be configured with
one SonicPoint profile. When a SonicPoint is connected to a
zone, it is automatically provisioned with the profile assigned to
that zone. SonicOS includes a default SonicPoint profile,
named SonicPoint.
To add a new profile, click Add below the list of SonicPoint
provisioning profiles. To edit an existing profile, select the profile
and click the Configure icon in the same line as the profile you
are editing.
1. In the Add/Edit SonicPoint Profile window on the General
tab:
• Select Enable SonicPoint.
• Enter a Name Prefix to be used as the first part of the
name for each SonicPoint provisioned.
• Select the Country Code for where the SonicPoints are
operating.
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