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Configure APs with the Gateway Wireless Controller
To discover and manage the WatchGuard APs you add to your network, you can use the Gateway Wireless Controller on your Firebox.
The Gateway Wireless Controller enables you to:
- Pair WatchGuard APs on your network with your Firebox
- Enable automatic deployment of APs on specific SSIDs
- Enable wireless deployment of APs
- Configure SSIDs and AP settings
- Trust APs
- Monitor the paired APs and wireless client connections
- Initiate a site survey from the WatchGuard AP to detect other wireless access points
A WatchGuard Gateway Wireless Controller can manage multiple WatchGuard APs. If you experience management performance issues as you add more APs to your network, you can use another Gateway Wireless Controller on another Firebox to manage some of the APs.
Enable the Gateway Wireless Controller
Before your Firebox can discover new WatchGuard APs on your network, you must enable the Gateway Wireless Controller on your Firebox.
- Select Network > Gateway Wireless Controller.
- Select the Enable the Gateway Wireless Controller check box.
The WatchGuard AP Passphrase dialog box appears.
- Type the passphrase to use for management of your WatchGuard APs after they are paired with your Firebox.
This is the passphrase that is used for management connections to each paired AP. - To see the passphrase you typed, select the Show passphrase check box.
- Click Save.
- Select Network > Gateway Wireless Controller.
The Gateway Wireless Controller dialog box appears. - Select the Enable the Gateway Wireless Controller check box.
A warning message appears. - Click OK.
The WatchGuard AP Passphrase dialog box appears.
- Type the passphrase to use for management of your WatchGuard APs after they are paired with your Firebox.
This is the passphrase that is used for management connections to each paired AP. - To see the passphrase you typed, select the Show passphrase check box.
- Save the configuration file to the Firebox.
When you enable the Gateway Wireless Controller, the WatchGuard Gateway Wireless Controller policy is automatically added to the Firebox configuration. This policy allows traffic from the trusted and optional networks to the Firebox over UDP port 2529.
After you enable the Gateway Wireless Controller on the Firebox, the Firebox can detect connected WatchGuard APs on your trusted or optional network.
The AP can also be located on the custom zone network. To enable the Gateway Wireless Controller to discover an AP on a custom zone network, you must modify the WatchGuard Gateway Wireless Controller policy to allow traffic from the custom zone.
For more information on the custom zone, see Configure a Custom Interface.
For more information, see:
- WatchGuard AP Discovery and Pairing
- About AP Automatic Deployment
- About AP Wireless Deployment
- About AP Remote VPN Deployment
- Configure WatchGuard AP SSIDs
- Configure AP Settings
- Configure Gateway Wireless Controller Settings
- AP Trust Store
Set the Diagnostic Log Level
To generate more detailed log messages for the Gateway Wireless Controller, you can change the diagnostic log level.
- Select System > Diagnostic Log.
- From the Gateway Wireless Controller drop-down list, select the level of log message detail.
- Select Setup > Logging.
- Click Diagnostic Log Level.
- From the category list, select Networking > GWC.
- Use the Settings slider to select the level of log message detail.
For more information about diagnostic log levels, see Set the Diagnostic Log Level.