Bridging Wireless And Lan Connections - McAfee SG310 Administration Manual

Network Setup menu options
Wireless

Bridging wireless and LAN connections

Use this procedure to configure your wireless connection in access point mode, which automatically bridges
your wireless connection to your LAN. The wireless and wired LAN interfaces share a single IP address.
From the Network Setup menu, click Network Setup. The Connections tab opens.
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Next to the Wireless network interface, select Access Point from the Change Type list. The Access
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Point page appears
Figure 87 Wireless Configuration — Access Point page
Complete the fields as desired:
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Enter an ESSID and select the Broadcast ESSID checkbox.
a
Select a Channel/Frequency. There are 11 channels with frequencies ranging from 2412 to 2462
b
MHz in 5 MHz increments.
To bridge between trusted wireless clients using a WPA security method, select the Bridge Between
c
Clients checkbox. Packets between bridged wireless clients will not be restricted by the firewall.
Note: If this setting is disabled, it is still possible to configure wireless clients to access each other via the
UTM Firewall appliance. You need to configure the clients to route to each other by way of the UTM Firewall
appliance. If you have set the firewall class for the wireless interface to Guest, you also need to configure
packet filter rules to allow the access.
Select a WPA Security Method and enter a key.
d
Make note of these settings for configuring the wireless network connections for wireless clients. For
more details about these fields, see the field descriptions in the procedure
connection.
Click Finish. An action successful message is displayed, and the wireless is bridged to the LAN. Notice in
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Figure 88
you have a Windows client, be sure to allot extra time for the bridge deletion to complete.
88 McAfee UTM Firewall 4.0.4 Administration Guide
(Figure 87).
that Switch A and Wireless are now bridged. You can edit or delete the bridge as necessary. If
Configuring a wireless