ProSafe Wireless-N VPN Firewall SRXN3205 Reference Manual
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Wireless Configuration
v1.0, July 2008
2.
Use the default user name of
admin
and default password of
password
— or use a new LAN
address and password if you have set them up.
3.
Select
Network Configuration
>
Wireless Settings
from main/submenu.
4.
In the
Wireless Settings e
nsure the Auto (default) is set for the Channel feature.
This feature selects a channel that has the least interference. It should not be necessary to
change the wireless channel unless you notice interference problems or are near another
wireless access point. Select a channel that is not being used by any other wireless networks
within several hundred feet of your VPN Firewall.
5.
Record the name used for SSID and then Disable the
Allow Broadcast of Name (SSID).
6.
Click
Apply
to save any changes
7.
Prepare PC(s) as the wireless PC Client(s) with wireless Ethernet adapters installed.
8.
Configure the Client PCs to obtain the IP
and
DNS addresses automatically using the internal
DHCP server (DHCP is the default firewall setting).
9.
Configure the wireless adapters of your Client PCs to have the same SSID you configured in
the SRXN3205.
10.
Using this Client PCs, verify these PCs have a wireless link by trying to access a file or a
printer on the LAN connected to the SRXN3205.
11.
Once you have verified wireless connectivity to the SRXN3205, you can configure the
wireless security functions. Refer to
“Wireless Security Types and Settings” on page 4-13
.
Note:
The SSID of any Client PC must match the SSID you configured in the VPN
Firewall. If these do not match, you will not get a wireless connection to the
SRXN3205.
Note:
If you are configuring the SRXN3205 from a wireless computer and you
change the SSID or channel settings, you will lose your wireless connection
when you click Apply. You must then change the wireless settings of your
computer to match the new settings.
