SonicOS 7.0 Access Points
- SonicOS7.0
- About Access Points
- Settings
- Synchronize Access Points
- Provisioning Overview
- Creating/Modifying Provisioning Profiles
- Adding/Editing a Provisioning Profile - Getting Started
- General Settings for Provisioning Profiles
- 5GHz/2.4GHz Radio Basic Settings for Provisioning Profiles
- 5GHz/2.4GHz Radio Advanced Settings for Provisioning Profiles
- Sensor Settings for WIDP in Provisioning Profiles
- Mesh Network Settings for Provisioning Profiles
- 3G/4G/LTE WWAN Settings for Provisioning Profiles
- Bluetooth LE Settings for Provisioning Profiles
- Deleting Access Point Profiles
- Product Specific Configuration Notes
- Managing Access Point Objects
- Firmware Management
- Floor Plan View
- Station Status
- Intrusion Detection Services
- Advanced IDP
- Packet Capture
- Virtual Access Points
- RF Monitoring
- RF Analysis
- RF Spectrum
- FairNet
- Wi-Fi Multimedia
- 3G/4G/LTE WWAN
- Bluetooth LE Devices
- Radio Management
- SonicWall Support
VAP Configuration Worksheet
The following table provides some common VAP setup questions and solutions along with a space for you to record your own configurations.
| Questions | Examples | Solutions |
| How many different types of users do I need to support? | Corporate wireless, guest access, visiting partners, wireless devices are all common user types, each requiring their own VAP | Plan out the number of different VAPs needed. Configure a zone and VLAN for each VAP needed |
| How many users does 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 | |
| How do I want to secure different wireless users? | A corporate user who has access to corporate LAN resources. | Configure WPA3-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 | |
| 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 Internet and should not be allowed to communicate with other WLAN users. | Disable Interface Trust on your guest zone. | |
| What security services do 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 care about because they are not even on your LAN. | Disable all SonicWall security services. |
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