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Sonicwall TZ 180W configuation help IPOD

I have a Sonicwall TZ 180W in my home that despite my limited IT abilities is functioning well. I have two laptops that I use in the home that at first were a real problem to connect. Specifically, every time I wanted to connect I had to sign on to the Sonicwall appliance and I would get kicked-off repeatedly. Somehow, these two laptops can now connect without signing on and it is a pleasure. I'm not sure how I accomplished this but I THOUGHT that I did so by turning on MAC filtering and registering there MAC addresses as "allowed".

I now have an IPOD with wi-fi that I also want to connect to the wireless network. I have added its MAC address to the allowed list. However, I am still being asked to log on through the Sonicwall and I am kicked-off every time I browse to a new website. How do I set this up so that I can connect the IPOD without needing to log on??

jlwcci

Can you post your LAN and WLAN information, as much as possible? Also do you have any rules from WLAN to WAN for web traffic? I wouldn't imagine you do, but just making sure.
Also, are you using any of the content filtering / security services?

Thanks

ClintSwiney

You could go into the Wireless settings in the TZ180 and turn off MAC filtering and any other security. Just leave a WPA password. That will secure your home network quite well and will allow the clients to connect without trouble.

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glad i could help and thanks for the points!