Configuring Basic Wireless Settings
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wireless network card in your computer must have the same SSID as
the Firebox X Edge Wireless.
To change the SSID of the Firebox X Edge Wireless, type a new
name in the
SSID
field to uniquely identify your wireless network.
Setting the operating region and channel
There are eight options for operating region: Americas, Asia, Austra-
lia, EMEA, France, Israel, Japan and the People’s Republic of China.
This parameter is configured when you use the Quick Setup Wizard
and cannot be changed after it is set.
The set of channels available for each operating region are in the
Channel
drop-down list. With the channel set to
Auto
, the Firebox X
Edge automatically selects the channel with the strongest signal
available in its physical location.
Controlling SSID broadcasts
Computers with wireless network cards send requests to see if there
are wireless access points to which they can connect. To configure
the Firebox X Edge Wireless to send and answer these requests,
select the
Broadcast SSID and respond to SSID queries
check box.
For security, turn this option on only when 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.
Logging authentication events
An authentication event occurs when a wireless computer tries to
connect to the Firebox X Edge Wireless. To have the Firebox X Edge
Wireless record these events in the log file, select the
Log Authenti-
cation Events
check box.
Setting the wireless mode
Most wireless cards can operate only in 802.11b (up to 11 MB/sec-
ond) or 802.11g (54 MB/second) mode. To set the operating mode
for the Firebox X Edge, select an option from the
Wireless Mode
drop-down list. There are three wireless modes:
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Page 204: ...Configuring Virtual Private Networks 190 WatchGuard Firebox X Edge...
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