Add wireless interfaces to Single Engines

You can add one wireless interface to a Single Engine.

Wireless interfaces are only supported on specific Security Engine appliances that have an integrated wireless network interface card.

For more details about the product and how to configure features, click Help or press F1.

Steps

  1. In the navigation pane on the left, select Interfaces.
  2. Right-click the empty space and select New > Wireless Interface.
  3. From the Interface ID drop-down list, select the interface ID number.

    This ID number maps to the wireless port during the initial configuration of the engine.

  4. In the Country field, enter or select the country where the engine is used as a wireless access point.
  5. From the Band drop-down list, select the band for the wireless interface access point.
  6. From the Wireless Mode drop-down list, select the mode for transmitting the wireless traffic according to the capabilities of the connecting clients.
    The wireless mode options that you can select depend on the band.
    Band Wireless mode
    2.4 GHz 802.11b
    802.11bg
    802.11g
    802.11n
    802.11bgn
    5 GHz 802.11a
    802.11an
    802.11n
    802.11ac
    802.11acn
    802.11ax
    Note: Some wireless clients do not support the 802.11n, 802.11ac, 802.11acn, and 802.11ax wireless modes with the WEP security mode.
  7. From the Channel drop-down list, select the channel for transmitting the wireless traffic.
    If there are other wireless access points nearby, use channels that are as far apart as possible to avoid interference. Security Management Center might sometimes select another channel to use the best frequency available. If you select Automatic, the best channel is automatically selected.
  8. (Optional) From the Width drop-down list, select the width of the channel. This option is only available if the Wireless Mode is one of the following: 802.11n, 802.11bgn, 802.11an, 802.11n, 802.11ac, 802.11acn or 802.11ax.
  9. (Optional) From the Transmit Power drop-down list, select the maximum power of the signal for transmitting the wireless traffic.
    • The power options are shown as milliwatts (mW) and as the power ratio in decibels of the measured power referenced to 1 milliwatt (dBm).
    • The values available depend on the regulatory limits for the selected country and the channel for the wireless interface.
    • If you are not sure what value to use, leave the default value selected.
  10. Click OK.
    The wireless interface is added to the interface list.
  11. Click Save.
    Do not close the Engine Editor.

Next steps

Add SSID interfaces to the wireless interface.