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Using the Wireless Network Wizard

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2 Double-click Wireless Network Connection.

The Wireless Network Connection dialog box appears.

3 Click the Wireless Networks tab.

4 In the Preferred networks section, click Add.

The Wireless Network Properties dialog box appears.

5 Type the SSID in the Network Name (SSID) text box.

6 Click OK to close the Wireless Network Properties dialog box.

7 Click Refresh.

All available wireless connections appear in the Available Networks text

box. Select the SSID of the computer to configure.

8 Click OK to enable the wireless connection.

The wireless network connection shows that your wireless network is

active.

9 Configure the wireless computer to use DHCP. For more

information about how to configure DHCP, see “Setting Your

Computer to Connect to the Edge” on page 22.

The Firebox® X Edge Wireless is configured to protect the wired and

wireless computers that are attached to it from security risks.

Using the Wireless Network Wizard

The Wireless Network Wizard is a tool that you use to automatically

configure your Firebox® X Edge wireless network. To start the wiz-

ard, select Wizards from the navigation bar and click Go adjacent to

the Wireless Network Wizard.

Wireless Security Options

The Firebox® X Edge has many options you can use when protecting

your wireless network.

Two of the most important options are:

• The type of authentication to use

• The type of encryption to use

The Firebox X Edge uses two security protocol standards to protect

your wireless network. They are Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) and

Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA). These two protocols support the IEEE

standards 802.11g and 802.11b. WPA and WEP give a Wireless Local

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Watchguard Wireless Router User's Guide Page 91