User's Manual

Wireless Security Options
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3 If you have typed more than one key, select the key you want to
use as the default key from the Default Key drop-down list.
Configuring advanced settings
You can configure how the Firebox X Edge Wireless communicates
with your wireless computer.
If you want the Firebox X Edge Wireless to broadcast the SSID in the
beacon frames, select the Broadcast SSID in AP Beacon Frames
checkbox.
The beacon rate is the interval at which the Firebox X Edge Wireless
broadcasts a beacon frame to identify itself to wireless computers.
To restrict access to the Firebox X Edge Wireless by the computer
hardware address:
1 Select the Restrict Access by Hardware Address checkbox.
2 Click Edit.
The Allowed Hardware Addresses page appears.
3 Type the MAC Address of the computer that are allowed to
connect to the Firebox X Edge Wireless in the applicable field.
4 Click Add and then Submit.
Wireless computers send requests to determine whether there are
any wireless access points to which they can connect. To configure
the the Firebox X Edge Wireless to respond to these requests select
the Respond to SSID Query Requests checkbox.
Logging authentication events
An authentication event occurs each time a wireless computer
attempts to connect to the Firebox X Edge Wireless. If you want the
Firebox X Edge Wireless to log authentication events, select the Log
Authentication Events checkbox.
To change the fragmentation threshold type a value in the Frag-
mentation Threshold field. The values are 256 through 4096.
Configuring the wireless mode
To configure the operating mode, select an option from the Wire-
less Mode drop-down list. There are three wireless modes from
which to select:
802.11g only
This is the default mode, which allows a computer with a wireless
network card to access the Firebox X Edge Wireless.