SonicWALL SonicPoint Quick Start Manual page 3

Overview of the SonicWALL SonicPoint Hardware
5.0 GHz
2.4 GHz
Power Radio Radio
WLAN WLAN
The front panel of the SonicPoint has the following six LEDs (from left to right):
• Power - The Power LED blinks when the device is powering up. After the SonicPoint is powered up,
the Power LED turns steady.
• WLAN 2.4 GHz Radio - The 2.4 GHz Radio LED blinks at a constant rate when the SonicPoint is
ready to receive traffic, and blinks at a variable rate while transferring data with connected 802.11g/b
stations.
• WLAN 5.0 GHz Radio - The 5 GHz Radio LED blinks at a constant rate when the SonicPoint is ready
to receive traffic, and blinks at a variable rate while transferring data with connected 802.11a stations.
• LAN 10/act - The LAN 10/act LED blinks to indicate 10Mb LAN activity.
• LAN link - The LAN link LED illuminates steadily to indicate physical layer connectivity.
• LAN 100/act - The LAN 100/act LED blinks to indicate 10Mb LAN activity.
The back panel of the SonicPoint has the following three connections:
• Power - Connect the 12.0 volt DC power supply connector to the power port, if you are not using the
SonicWALL Power over Ethernet Injector (SonicWALL PoE Injector) through the LAN connector.
• LAN / PoE - To connect the SonicPoint to your SonicWALL PRO series security appliance, connect an
Ethernet cable to the SonicPoint LAN port. If you are not using the 12.0 volt DC power supply, connect
the SonicWALL PoE Injector to the SonicPoint LAN port.
• Console - To display bootup and diagnostic messages through the command-line interface (CLI),
connect one end of an RS-232 serial cable to the SonicPoint console port and the other end to your
work station.
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LAN:
Link, 10/100, Activity
LAN Port
Power Power over Ethernet Console Port