Watchguard Firebox X15, User Manual

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Using MUVPN on the Edge Wireless Network
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The Remove Shared Component window can appear. During the
initial installation of ZoneAlarm, some files were installed that can
be shared by other programs on the system. Click
Yes to All to
completely remove all of these files.
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The Install window appears and tells you to restart the
computer. Click
OK to restart.
Using MUVPN on the Edge Wireless Network
You must protect your wireless network from unauthorized access
because the signal can go out of your building. If you do not pro-
tect your network, unauthorized users can break into your network
or make use of your Internet connection.
Some wireless network cards cannot use the stronger Wi-Fi Pro-
tected Access (WPA) encryption and instead use weaker Wired
Equivalent Privacy (WEP) to secure the data that goes through the
airwaves.
You can increase the security of your wireless network when you
make the wireless computer users authenticate as MUVPN clients.
This makes the Firebox® X Edge restrict traffic through the firewall
unless the wireless computer has connected using an MUVPN tun-
nel.
To make sure wireless computers authenticate as MUVPN clients:
1 To connect to the System Status page, type
https://
in the
browser address bar, and the IP address of the Edge trusted
interface.
The default URL is: https://192.168.111.1.
2 From the navigation bar, select Network > Wireless .
3 Select the check box Require encrypted MUVPN connections
for wireless clients .
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Click Submit .
Now you must decide which networks the wireless computers can
connect with. When the wireless computers must authenticate as
MUVPN clients, you can allow the computers to connect to:
Trusted network only