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Managing SonicPoints in Managed Mode
SonicWALL SonicPoints are wireless access points specially engineered to work with a SonicWALL
security appliance running SonicOS Enhanced 2.5 or newer to provide wireless access throughout
your enterprise. In Managed Mode, you use the Management Interface of the security appliance to
manage the SonicPoint.
Use the Wireless section of the Management Interface to manage the SonicPoints connected to your
security appliance.
Before Managing SonicPoints
Before you can manage SonicPoints in the Management Interface, you must first set up the security
appliance:
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Configure your SonicPoint Provisioning Profiles.
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Configure a Wireless zone.
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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.
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Assign one or more interfaces to the Wireless zone.
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Attach the SonicPoints to the interfaces in the Wireless zone.
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Test the SonicPoints.
SonicPoint Provisioning Profiles
SonicPoint Provisioning Profiles provide a scalable and highly automated method of configuring and
provisioning multiple SonicPoints across a Secure Wireless Solution/Architecture. 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.
