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SonicOS 5.8.1 Administrator Guide
General VAP Settings
Advanced VAP Settings
Advanced settings allows the administrator to configure authentication and encryption settings
for this connection. Choose a Profile Name to inherit these settings from a user created profile.
See “Virtual Access Point Profiles” section on page 503 for complete authentication and
encryption configuration information.
Virtual Access Point Groups
The Virtual Access Point Groups feature is available on SonicWALL NSA appliances. It allows
for grouping of multiple VAP objects to be simultaneously applied to your internal wireless
radio. Virtual Access Point Groups are configured from the Wireless > Virtual Access Point
page.
Feature Description
SSID Create a friendly name for your VAP.
Subnet Name Select a subnet name to associate this VAP with. Settings for this VAP
will be inherited from the subnet you select from this list.
Enable Virtual
Access Point
Enables this VAP.
Enable SSID
Suppress
Suppresses broadcasting of the SSID name and disables responses to
probe requests. Check this option if you do not wish for your SSID to be
seen by
unauthorized wireless clients.