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Managing the SonicPoint in Stand-Alone Mode
Managing the SonicPoint in Stand-Alone
Mode
The SonicPoint runs in Stand-Alone Mode whenever it is not physically connected (directly or using a
hub or switch) to a Wireless zone on a SonicWALL security appliance running SonicOS Enhanced 2.5
or newer. Stand-Alone Mode allows the SonicPoint to function as a standard wireless access point.
In Stand-Alone Mode, the SonicPoint has a management interface that is very similar to the Wireless
section of the SonicOS Enhanced 2.5 Management Interface. Once connected, the settings you can
manage in Stand-Alone Mode are the same as the Wireless settings you manage in the SonicOS
Management Interface.
Connecting to the Stand-Alone Management Interface
1
Configure your management station. If you are connecting to the LAN port on the SonicPoint
directly from your managements station or through only the PoE injector, you need to configure
the Local Area Connection on your management station.
IP address
: 192.168.1.100.
Netmask
: 255.255.255.0.
2
Connect to the SonicPoint.
Connect directly to the LAN port of the SonicPoint with a crossover cable or regular cat. 5
Ethernet cable.
Connect to the LAN port of the SonicPoint through the PoE injector with a regular cat. 5
Ethernet cable.
If the SonicPoint is connected to a port in a SonicWALL security appliance and the port is not in
a Wireless zone, you can connect to it through the security appliance provided there are rules
to allow HTTP management traffic between the zone your management station is in and the
zone the SonicPoint is in.
3
Start your Web browser and direct it to the default management IP address for the SonicPoint,
192.168.1.20
.
