SonicWALL 4500, NSA 5000 Deploying SonicPoints for Wireless Access, Updating SonicPoint Firmware

Deploying SonicPoints for Wireless Access

This section describes how to configure SonicPoints with the SonicWALL NSA Series. See the following sub-sections:

•Updating SonicPoint Firmware - page 49

•Configuring SonicPoint Provisioning Profiles - page 49

•Configuring a Wireless Zone - page 51

•Assigning an Interface to the Wireless Zone - page 52

•Connecting the SonicPoint - page 53

SonicWALL SonicPoints are wireless access points specially engineered to work with SonicWALL security appliances to provide wireless access throughout your enterprise. The SonicPoint section of the Management Interface lets you manage the SonicPoints connected to your system.

Before you can manage SonicPoints in the Management Interface, you must first:

•Verify that the SonicPoint image is downloaded to your SonicWALL security appliance.

•Configure your SonicPoint provisioning profiles.

•Configure a Wireless zone.

•Assign profiles to wireless zones. This step is optional. If you do not assign a default profile for a zone, SonicPoints in that zone will use the first profile in the list.

•Assign an interface to the Wireless zone.

•Attach the SonicPoints to the interfaces in the Wireless zone and test.

Updating SonicPoint Firmware

If your SonicWALL appliance has Internet connectivity, it will automatically download the correct version of the SonicPoint image from the SonicWALL server when you connect a SonicPoint device. Otherwise, see the SonicOS Enhanced Administrator’s Guide for the correct procedure.

Configuring SonicPoint Provisioning Profiles

SonicPoint Profile definitions include all of the settings that can be configured on a SonicPoint, such as radio settings for the 2.4GHz and 5GHz radios, SSID’s and channels of operation.

Once you have defined a SonicPoint profile, you can apply it to a Wireless zone. Each Wireless zone can be configured with one SonicPoint profile. Any profile can apply to any number of zones. Then, when a SonicPoint is connected to a zone, it is automatically provisioned with the profile assigned to that zone. SonicOS includes a default SonicPoint profile, named SonicPoint. You can modify this profile or create a new one.

SonicWALL NSA 5000/4500/3500 Getting Started Guide Page 49