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ProSafe Wireless-N 8-Port Gigabit VPN Firewall FVS318N

Test Basic Wireless Connectivity

After you have configured the wireless VPN firewall as explained in the previous sections, test your wireless clients for wireless connectivity before you place the wireless VPN firewall at its permanent position.

To test for wireless connectivity:

1.Configure the 802.11b/g/n wireless clients so that they all have the same SSID that you have configured on the wireless VPN firewall. Make sure that the wireless mode on the wireless VPN firewall supports the wireless capacity of the wireless clients. (For example, 802.11b-compliant devices cannot connect to the wireless VPN firewall if the wireless mode is set to ng.)

2.Verify that your wireless clients have a link to the wireless VPN firewall. If you have enabled the DHCP server on the wireless VPN firewall (see Configure a VLAN Profile on page 59 (for IPv4) and Manage the IPv6 LAN on page 73), verify that your wireless clients are able to obtain an IP address through DHCP from the wireless VPN firewall.

3.Verify network connectivity by using a browser such as Internet Explorer 7.0 or later or Mozilla Firefox 4.0 or later to browse the Internet, or check for file and printer access on your network.

If you have trouble connecting to the wireless VPN firewall, try to connect without security by selecting OPEN from the Security drop-down list on the Edit Wireless Profiles screen for the profile that you are using. If that does not help you to solve the connection problem, see

Chapter 11, Troubleshooting.

Wireless Configuration and Security

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