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Turn Dell SonicWall TZ 210 wireless-n into access point

TZ 210 SonicOS Enhanced 5.8.1.15-71o
Put in a new Watchguard firewall and am just trying to use this SonicWall as an access point now but I can't get it to work.
Trying to do bridged mode and create two SSIDs; one for corp and one for guest.
Corp will have access to the LAN and guest will go just to internet.
Tried this: https://support.software.dell.com/kb/sw10837
x0 and w0 bridge are 192.168.120.1
Created sub-interface on W0 at 10.10.10.1.
Am unable to ping 10.10.10.1 and guests can't get out to the internet...or the LAN even if I do a firewall rule for any-any allowed.
Anybody have any ideas?
TIA!

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Jason

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Thanks. I think you're right and although Dell gives instructions for this, it doesn't seem to work. The corp ssid works but the guest network on the V200 I created doesn't do anything. Can't even ping the sub interface IP 10.10.10.1 from the Sonicwall diagnostics page. If the box can't even find an IP on one of its own interfaces, then I don't think there's much we can do.
I'll keep this open for a couple days and see if something magical happens. Thanks again for your help.

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Jason

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Will this work for you?
EE-Config.txt

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Jason

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I noticed the config was cut off. Here's the full version. Let me know if you still think W0 needs to be bridged to X1. You're saying W0 shouldn't be bridged to X0? X1 is currently configured with a public IP as it's the WAN port. X1 connects straight to the comcast modem as of right now.
EE-Config1.txt

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Jason

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Oh yea, you're correct about it being an AP. We just plugged it straight into the comcast for testing. I do want the watchguard doing all the work.

masnrock

Then yes, you would be bridging W0 to X1. I may play with a spare SonicWall on Monday to test a theory related to this, especially regarding multiple wireless networks.

Jason

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Oh wait, I can't change X1's zone as it's fixed WAN and can't set it to anything but static, dhcp, ppoe, pptp, or l2tp.

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