Monitor Wireless Clients

You can see and monitor the wireless clients that are connected to your WatchGuard APs. You can also disconnect a wireless client from an AP.

The hostname and IP address of wireless clients only appear if the client uses the Firebox device as a DHCP server.

  1. Select Dashboard > Gateway Wireless Controller.
    The Gateway Wireless Controller page appears.
  2. Select the Wireless Clients tab.
    A list of connected wireless clients appears.

Screen shot of Gateway Wireless Controller Dashboard - Wireless Clients tab

  • To see only wireless clients that are connected to a specific AP, from the Access Point drop-down list, select an AP .
  • To see only wireless clients that are connected to a specific SSID, from the SSID drop-down list, select an SSID.
  • To disconnect a wireless client, select the client and click Disconnect Client.
  • To see statistics for a wireless client in FireWatch or Traffic Monitor, select an IP address.
  • To see a pop-up window with detailed information about a client, click the MAC address.

Screen shot of the wireless client details pop-up window

To permanently deny a wireless client access to your WatchGuard APs, make a note of the MAC address before you disconnect the wireless client. You can then add that MAC address for that wireless client to the Denied MAC address list in the MAC Access Control configuration. You must also enable MAC Access Control in the SSID settings. For more information, see Configure MAC Access Control.

For more information about the Wireless Clients tab, see Monitor Wireless Connections (Gateway Wireless Controller).

  1. Select the Gateway Wireless Controller tab.
  2. Click Wireless Clients.
    A list of connected wireless clients appears.

Screen shot of the Wireless Clients tab with one client selected

  1. To see only wireless clients that are connected to a specific AP, from the Filter By AP drop-down list, select an AP .
  2. To see only wireless clients that are connected to a specific SSID, from the Filter By SSID drop-down list, select an SSID.
  3. To see a pop-up window with detailed information about a client, click the MAC address.

Screen shot of the wireless client details in FSM

  1. To disconnect a wireless client, select the client and click Disconnect Client.

To permanently deny a wireless client access to your WatchGuard APs, make a note of the MAC address before you disconnect the wireless client. You can then add that MAC address for that wireless client to the Denied MAC address list in the MAC Access Control configuration. You must also enable MAC Access Control in the SSID settings. For more information, see Configure MAC Access Control.

For more information about the Wireless Clients tab, see Monitor Wireless Connections (Gateway Wireless Controller).

See Also

Monitor AP Status