Enabling or Disabling Guest Access

You can provide controlled guest access over an isolated network and a secure internal LAN on the same Gateway 7001 Series self-managed AP.

Configuring an internal LAN and a guest network

A Local Area Network (LAN) is a communications network covering a limited area, for example, one floor of a building. A LAN connects multiple computers and other network devices like storage and printers.

Ethernet is the most common technology implementing a LAN. Wi-Fi (IEEE) is another popular LAN technology.

The Gateway 7001 Series self-managed AP lets you configure two different LANs on the same access point: one for a secure internal LAN and another for a public guest network with no security and little or no access to internal resources. To configure these networks, you need to provide both Wireless and Ethernet (Wired) settings.

Information on how to configure the Ethernet (Wired) settings is provided in the next sections.

(For information on how to configure the Wireless settings, see “Configuring a wireless interface” on page 74. For an overview of how to set up the guest interface, see “Advanced Configuration” on page 67.)

Enabling or Disabling Guest Access

The Gateway 7001 Series self-managed AP ships with the Guest Access feature disabled by default. If you want to provide guest access on your AP, enable Guest access on the Ethernet (Wired) Settings tab.

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Description

 

 

Guest Access

By default, the Gateway® 7001 AP ships with Guest Access disabled.

 

• To enable Guest Access, click Enabled.

 

• To disable Guest Access, click Disabled.

 

 

Specifying a physical or virtual Guest network

If you enable Guest Access, you must choose a method of representing both an internal and guest Network on this access point. There are two ways of doing this:

■Physically, by connecting the two LAN ports on the access point to different networks with two different cables, one to the internal LAN and another to a guest network.

■Virtually, by connecting the LAN port on the access point to a tagged port on a VLAN capable switch then defining two different virtual LANs on this Administration page. (For more information, see “Advanced Configuration” on page 67).

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