Wireless > Status

The Wireless > Status page provides status information for wireless network, including WLAN Settings, WLAN Statistics, WLAN Activities and Station Status.

The Wireless > Status page has four tables:

• WLAN Settings
• WLAN Statistics
• WLAN Activities
• Station Status

WLAN Settings

The WLAN Settings table lists the configuration information for the built-in radio. All configurable settings in the WLAN Settings table are hyperlinks to their respective pages for configuration. Enabled features are displayed in green, and disabled features are displayed in red. Click on a setting to go the page in the Management Interface where you can configure that setting.

WLAN

Enabled or Disabled

SSID

Wireless network identification information

MAC Address (BSSID)

Serial Number of the wireless security appliance

WLAN IP Address

IP address of the WLAN port

WLAN Subnet Mask

Subnet information

Regulatory Domain

FCC - North America for domestic appliances ETSI - Europe for international appliances

Channel

Channel Number selected for transmitting wireless signal

Radio Tx Rate

Network speed in Mbps

Radio Tx Power

Current power level of the radio signal transmission

Authentication Type

Encryption settings for the radio, or Disabled--see the Wireless > Security page

MAC Filter List

Enabled or Disabled

Guest Services

Enabled or Disabled

Intrusion Detection

Enabled or Disabled

Wireless Firmware

Firmware version on the radio card

Associated Stations

Number of clients associated with the wireless security appliance

Radio Mode

Current power level of the radio signal transmission

b

WLAN Statistics

The WLAN Statistics table lists all of the traffic sent and received through the WLAN. The Wireless Statistics column lists the kinds of traffic recorded, the Rx column lists received traffic, and the Tx column lists transmitted traffic.

Good Packets

Number of allowed packets received and transmitted.

Bad Packets

Number of packets that were dropped that were received and transmitted.

Good Bytes

Total number of bytes in the good packets.

Management Packets

Number of management packets received and transmitted.

Control Packets

Number of control packets received and transmitted.

Data Packets

Number of data packets received and transmitted.

WLAN Activities

The WLAN Activities table describes the history of wireless clients connecting to the SonicWALL wireless security appliance.

Associations

Number of wireless clients that have connected to the wireless security appliance.

Disassociations

Number of wireless clients that have disconnected to the wireless security appliance.

Reassociations

Number of wireless clients that were previously connected that have re-connected.

Authentications

Number of wireless clients that have been authenticated.

Deauthentications

Number of authenticated clients that have disconnected.

Discards Packets

Number of discarded packets.

Station Status

The Station Status table displays information about wireless connections associated with the wireless security appliance.

• Station - the name of the connection used by the MAC address
• MAC Address - the wireless network card MAC address
• Authenticated - status of wireless authentication
• Associated - status of wireless association
• AID - Association ID, assigned by the security appliance
• Signal - strength of the radio signal
• Timeout - number of seconds left on the session
• Configure - options for configuring the station:
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  -: : : configure power management on the wireless network card of this station, if enabled.
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  - : : : block the station from the security appliance and add it to the Deny MAC Filter List.
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  - : : : dissociate the station from the security appliance.

Discovered Access Points

The Discovered Access Points table appears when the SonicWALL appliance is in Wireless Client Bridge mode.

To create a wireless bridge with another access point:

1. Before you begin, verify that your wireless security settings match that of the access point to which you are bridging, and that you have switched your SonicWALL TZ wireless appliance to Wireless Client Bridge mode in the Wireless > Settings page.
2. In the Wireless > Status screen, locate the access point you wish to bridge to and click the Connect button.
3. The configuration is set and your SSID changes to mirror that of the wireless bridge host.

Note: For security reasons, never create a bridge over an open wireless connection.