Dell Sonicwall Sonicpoint Ace Getting Started Manual

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| 13capabilities, refer to the Configuring VoIP SonicOSfeature module available at: https://support.software.dell.com/Location C – off-networkaccess points• Problem – Your neighbors need wireless, too!Unfortunately, only a few sheets of drywall separateyou. Solution – Overpowering your neighbors with high-gain antennas is an option, but not a particularlyneighborly one. Instead, you could simply use adifferent channel for wireless access points borderingthis wall and ensure that your neighbors do the same.Performance in some dual-channel wireless devicesmay take a hit, but it is better than droppedconnections—or unhappy neighbors.Dell SonicWALLwireless firewallingWhen a wireless device uses an access point to communicatewith a device on another subnet or on a completely differentnetwork, traffic between the devices is forced to traverse thenetwork gateway. This traversal enables security services tobe enforced at the gateway.Standard practice for wireless firewalling (where one wirelessclient is communicating with another) bypasses many of thecritical security services. The following illustration shows thestandard practice for wireless firewalling.SonicPoint_ACe_GSG.book Page 13 Monday, September 29, 2014 5:23 PMDraft Document