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ProSafe Wireless-N 8-Port Gigabit VPN Firewall FVS318N
Test Basic Wireless Connectivity
After you have configured the wireless VPN firewall as explained in the previous sections,
test your wireless clients for wireless connectivity before you place the wireless VPN firewall
at its permanent position.
To test for wireless connectivity:
1. Con
figure the 802.11b/g/n wireless clients so that they all have the same SSID that you
have configured on the wireless VPN firewall. Make sure that the wireless mode on the
wireless VPN firewall supports the wireless capacity of the wireless clients. (For
example, 802.11b-compliant devices cannot connect to the wireless VPN firewall if the
wireless mode is set to ng.)
2. V
erify that your wireless clients have a link to the wireless VPN firewall. If you have enabled
the DHCP server on the wireless VPN firewall (see Configure a VLAN Profile on p
age 59
(for IPv4) and Manage the IPv6 LAN on p
age 73), verify that your wireless clients are able
to obtain an IP address through DHCP from the wireless VPN firewall.
3. V
erify network connectivity by using a browser such as Internet Explorer 7.0 or later or
Mozilla Firefox 4.0 or later to browse the Internet, or check for file and printer access on your
network.
If you have trouble connecting to the wireless VPN firewall, try to connect without security by
sele
cting OPEN from the Security drop-down list on the Edit Wireless Profiles screen for the
profile that you are using. If that does not help you to solve the connection problem, see
Chapter 11, Troubleshooting.