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Console
- To display bootup and diagnostic messages through the command-line interface (CLI),
connect one end of an RS-232 serial cable to the SonicPoint console port and the other end to
your work station.
Note: Note that SonicWALL does not support a non-SonicWALL antenna on both the SonicPoint G
and SonicPoint a/b/g devices.
SonicPoint Registration
Registering your SonicPoint device is important because it provides you with a direct contact point
with SonicWALL. Please be sure you take some time to register the device.
Registering Your SonicPoint
Once you have powered up your SonicPoint, you can register it at mySonicWALL.com. Registering
your SonicPoint provides you with access to SonicWALL technical support for the device.
You register a SonicPoint on mySonicWALL.com as a child device from the registered SonicWALL
security appliance with which you are managing the SonicPoint. Therefore, you must have a
mySonicWALL.com account already set up and have your security appliance registered before you
can register your SonicPoint.
Note:
mySonicWALL.com registration information is not sold or shared with any other company.
Before you register your SonicPoint, you need to have:
•
A mySonicWALL.com account
•
A SonicWALL security appliance running SonicOS Enhanced registered with mySonicWALL.com.
•
The serial number of your SonicPoint. You can find the serial number on the sticker on the bottom
of the SonicPoint.
To register your SonicPoint:
1
In your Web browser, log into your account at
.
2
In the list of registered products, click on the link for the SonicWALL security appliance you are
using to manage the SonicPoint.
3
At the bottom of the
Service Management
page under the
Child Product Type
heading, click the
SonicPoint
link.
4
In the
My Product
-
Associated Products
page, enter the serial number of the SonicPoint. You
can also enter a friendly name, which mySonicWALL.com uses to communicate with you about the
SonicPoint.
5
Click
Register
, and your SonicPoint is registered and associated with the security appliance you
are using to manage it.
The Create Association page displays, showing a list of all security appliances you have registered
capable of running SonicOS Enhanced 2.5 and therefore capable of managing a SonicPoint. All
appliances are listed as
Governing Appliances
. A governing appliance is an appliance that
manages the configuration of a child appliance.
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Select the security appliance that you are managing the SonicPoint with, and click
Continue
.
The Service Management, Associated Products page displays with a summary of the SonicPoint
registration and the services installed.
Extended Warranty
and
Support 8X5
are the only
services applicable to the SonicPoint, and are installed and activated automatically when you
register.
7
You can associate SonicWALL Dual Band, Long Range Wireless Cards as child products of the
SonicPoint. To associate a wireless card with this SonicPoint, click on
Long Range Wireless
Card
under the
Child Product Type
heading.
