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Appendix A: Configuring the WXA to the Domain Without Using the WXA Management Interface | 153
Appendix A: Configuring the WXA to the
Domain Without Using the WXA
Management Interface
This appendix contains procedures to configure the WXA series appliance to the domain
without using the WAN Acceleration management interface.
Note Although this type of configuration is supported, Dell SonicWALL does not recommend
configuring the domain this way.
This appendix contains the following subsections:
• Automatically Joining the Domain on page 153
• Configuring Custom Zones for WXA on page 156
• Configuring Reverse Lookup on page 157
• Manually Adding SPN Hostnames in DNS on page 158
Automatically Joining the Domain
To automatically join the WXA series appliance to the domain, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Access the domain controller and create a computer account. The computer account must use
the default hostname or a hostname specified in the Domain Details tab (the name of the WXA
series appliance). If a new hostname is entered in the Domain Details tab in the WAN
Acceleration management interface, it overrides the default hostname. The authentication code
should be used as the password for the computer account.
Step 2 Click Change....