SonicWALL 5.8.1 Manuale Utente

This section contains the following subsections:

A network security zone is a logical method of grouping one or more interfaces with friendly, 
user-configurable names, and applying security rules as traffic passes from one zone to 
another zone. With the zone-based security, the administrator can group similar interfaces and 
apply the same policies to them, instead of having to write the same policy for each interface. 
Network zones are configured from the Network > Zones page.

For detailed information on configuring zones, see Chapter 18, Configuring Zones.

The Wireless zone type, of which the “WLAN Zone” is the default instance, provides support to 
SonicWALL wireless radio. When an interface or subinterface is assigned to a Wireless zone, 
the interface can enforce security settings above the 802.11 layer, including WiFiSec 
Enforcement, SSL VPN redirection, Guest Services, Lightweight Hotspot Messaging and all 
licensed Deep Packet Inspection security services. 

Although SonicWALL provides the pre-configured Wireless zone, administrators also have the 
ability to create their own custom wireless zones. When using VAPs, several custom zones can 
be applied to a single wireless radio. The following three sections describe settings for custom 
wireless zones: