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SonicOS 5.8.1 Administrator Guide
Before Managing SonicPoints
Before you can manage SonicPoints in the Management Interface, you must first:
• Verify that the SonicPoint image is downloaded to your SonicWALL security appliance. See
“Updating SonicPoint Firmware” on page 527.
• Configure your SonicPoint Provisioning Profiles.
• Configure a Wireless zone.
• Assign profiles to wireless zones. This step is optional. If you do not assign a default profile
for a zone, SonicPoints in that zone will use the first profile in the list.
• Assign an interface to the Wireless zone.
• Attach the SonicPoints to the interfaces in the Wireless zone.
• Test the SonicPoints.
SonicPoint Provisioning Profiles
SonicPoint Provisioning Profiles provide a scalable and highly automated method of
configuring and provisioning multiple SonicPoints across a Distributed Wireless Architecture.
SonicPoint Profile definitions include all of the settings that can be configured on a SonicPoint,
such as radio settings for the 2.4GHz and 5GHz radios, SSID’s, and channels of operation.
Once you have defined a SonicPoint profile, you can apply it to a Wireless zone. Each Wireless
zone can be configured with one SonicPoint profile. Any profile can apply to any number of
zones. Then, when a SonicPoint is connected to a zone, it is automatically provisioned with the
profile assigned to that zone.
SonicOS includes a default SonicPointN profile, named SonicPointN. You can modify this
profile or create a new one.
The default SonicPointN profile has the following settings:
802.11a Radio 802.11g Radio 802.11n Radio
Enable 802.11a
Radio
Yes - Always
on
Enable 802.11g
Radio
Yes - Always on Enable 802.11n
Radio
Yes - Always on
SSID sonicwall SSID sonicwall SSID sonicwall-D790
(where D790 is an
example; this is
determined by the
hardware address)
Radio Mode 54Mbps -
802.11a
Radio Mode 2.4 GHz 54Mbps -
802.11g
Radio Mode 2.4 GHz - 802.11n/
g/b Mixed
Channel AutoChannel Channel AutoChannel Channel AutoChannel