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SonicOS 5.8.1 Administrator Guide
How many users will each VAP
need to support?
A corporate campus has 100 employees,
all of whom have wireless capabilities
The DHCP scope for the visitor
zone is set to provide at least 100
addresses
A corporate campus often has a few
dozen wireless capable visitors
The DHCP scope for the visitor
zone is set to provide at least 25
addresses
Your Configurations:
How do I want to secure different
wireless users?
A corporate user who has access to
corporate LAN resources.
Configure WPA2-EAP
A guest user who is restricted to only
Internet access
Enable Guest Services but
configure no security settings
A legacy wireless printer on the corporate
LAN
Configure WEP and enable MAC
address filtering
Your Configurations:
What network resources do my
users need to communicate
with?
A corporate user who needs access to the
corporate LAN and all internal LAN
resources, including other WLAN users.
Enable Interface Trust on your
corporate zone.
A wireless guest who needs to access
InternetInternet and should not be allowed
to communicate with other WLAN users.
Disable Interface Trust on your
guest zone.
Your Configurations:
What security services to I wish
to apply to my users?
Corporate users who you want protected
by the full SonicWALL security suite.
Enable all SonicWALL security
services.
Guest users who you do not give a hoot
about since they are not even on your
LAN.
Disable all SonicWALL security
services.
Your Configurations:
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