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Setting up the Wireless Access Point
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requirements of wireless clients. The firewall properties control the
traffic between these two networks
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Because any wireless clients are a component of the optional or
the trusted networks, wireless clients can be a part of any Branch
Office VPN tunnels you have when the local network component
of the Phase 2 settings include optional or trusted network IP
addresses. To control access to the VPN, you can make Firebox
users authenticate.
To change the SSID of the Firebox X Edge Wireless:
• Type a new identification number in the SSID field.
To change the channel:
• Select a value from the Channel drop-down list.
There are eight options for operating region: Americas, Asia,
Australia, EMEA, France, Israel, Japan and People’s Republic of
China. This parameter is configured when you use the Quick
Setup Wizard. This setting applies to the certification
requirements of your region and cannot be changed after it is
set.
Security Settings
Select the authentication method to use for your wireless network
connection. The options are Open System, Shared Key, and WPA-
PSK.
Open System
Open System authentication allows any user to authenticate with
the access point, if they know the correct encyption key or if
they do not. This method can be used with no encryption, or
with WEP encryption. Although Open System authentication is