MALAYSIAN INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY WIRELESS NETWORKS (IFD 21603)

ASSIGNMENT 1 & 2 PREPARED BY: MOHAMAD FAIZAL BIN MUSA (52130208487) PREPARED FOR: SHAHIDATUL ARFAH BINTI BAHARUDIN
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DATE OF SUBMISSION: 28 July 2010

Lab 1.2.7 Wireless Component and Media Identification Station 1 AP The AP station contains at least one model of a wireless AP. Depending on the academy equipment inventory, there may be multiple models and vendors. There will also be some wired equivalent devices. a. What models of Cisco APs are currently listed at cisco.com? o Cisco 500 Series Wireless Express Access Points o Cisco Aironet 3500 Series o Cisco Aironet 1260 Series o Cisco Aironet 1250 Series o Cisco Aironet 1240 AG Series o Cisco Aironet 1230 AG Series o Cisco Aironet 1200 Series o Cisco Aironet 1140 Series o Cisco Aironet 1130 AG Series o Cisco Aironet 1100 Series o Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point b. What is the model of the AP at the station? y Cisco Small Business Pro AP 500 Series Wireless Access Points c. What is the frequency range(s) of the AP provided? y 5Ghz and 2.5Ghz d. Does the AP have a detachable antenna or is the antenna built in? y The AP has built in antenna e. What wired ports are available?

y
y f.

10/100/1000BASE-T autosensing (RJ-45) Management console port (RJ45)

What is the wired equivalent to the AP that is located at station 1? y Hub and Switch

g. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the wired and wireless access devices? Device Advantage Disadvantage

Wireless

Portable & Flexible Reasonable price Secureable

As the number of computers using the network increases, the data transfer rate to each computer will decrease accordingly. As standards change, it may be necessary to replace wireless cards and/or access points. Lower wireless bandwidth means some applications such as video streaming will be more effective on a wired LAN. Security is more difficult to guarantee and requires configuration. Devices will only operate at a limited distance from an access point, with the distance determined by the standard used and buildings and other obstacles between the access point and the user

Wired

Faster Reliable Secure

When using wired network, There will be more chances that the wire will become more messy and complicated. This also can lead to short circuit. There also will be problem for a host that need the connection but did not have the connection media such as serial line to connect them with the network.

h. Draw and label the appropriate icons for the AP, hub, and switch in the space below.

Station 2 bridge The bridge station contains at least one model of wireless bridge. Depending on the academy equipment inventory, there may be multiple models and vendors. There will also be some wired equivalent devices or media. a. What models of Cisco bridges are currently listed at cisco.com y Cisco Aironet 350 Wireless Bridge b. What is the model of the bridge at the station? y Cisco Aironet 1400 Series 5 GHz Bridge 802.11a y Cisco Aironet 350 Series 2.4 GHz Bridge 802.11b c. What is the frequency range of the bridge provided? y 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz d. Does the bridge have a detachable antenna or is the antenna built in? y The bridge has detachable athenna. e. What wired ports are available?

y
y f.

10/100 baseT Ethernet 100 Mbps over dual coaxial cables

What is the wired equivalent to the bridge that is located at station 2? y Fiber Optic, modem and WAN Switch

g. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the wired and wireless bridge devices?

Device

Advantage
Portable & Flexible

Disadvantage
As the number of computers using the network increases, the data transfer rate to each computer will decrease accordingly. As standards change, it may be necessary to replace wireless cards and/or access points. Lower wireless bandwidth means some applications such as video streaming will be more effective on

Wireless Wireless networking devices from enable you to use your computer, laptop or games console anywhere in the house and be on the network or get access to the Internet. Even if you have a large house, wireless signal will generally go through walls and ceilings**. If you need to extended distances you can use access points to boost the wireless signal.

a wired LAN. Cost Effective Buying and installing structured Ethernet networking cables into your home can be a costly exercise. Setting up a basic wireless home network can cost significantly less. Neat & Safe If you choose to set-up a wireless home network you do not need to run cables across your house, which can create trip hazards across rooms, hallways and stairs. Also choosing to set-up a wireless home network means that you do not need to run cables underneath carpets or drill holes through walls or ceilings to pass cables through. Security is more difficult to guarantee and requires configuration. Devices will only operate at a limited distance from an access point, with the distance determined by the standard used and buildings and other obstacles between the access point and the user.

Wired

Faster Wired connections can reach networking speeds of up to 1000 Mbps with NETGEAR's Gigabit Ethernet networking equipment, necessary for bandwidth hungry users such as avid gamers, graphic designers or users downloading large media files. However, for most users 54 or 108 Mbps networking speeds are more than sufficient for everyday networking activities such as: Emailing, surfing the web, downloading files, music and video, accessing corporate information and playing console games. Reliable Physical, fixed wired connections are not prone to interference and fluctuations in available bandwidth, which can affect some wireless networking connections. Secure If you decide to build a wired home network, you don't have to worry about your networking signal travelling through the air and being interrupted by eavesdroppers (snoopers), which can happen if you don't protect your wireless network. There are very effective security measures (encryption) for wireless networks - you just need to remember to add passwords to your wireless network settings to stop neighbours from nicking your

When using wired network,there will be more chances that the wire will become more messy and complicated. This also can lead to short circuit. There also will be problem for a host that need the connection but did not have the connection media such as serial line to connect them with the network.

wireless connection.

h. Draw and label the appropriate icons for the bridge, modem, and serial line in the space below.

Serial Cable

Station 3 client adapters The client adapter station contains several models of wired and wireless adapters. Depending on the academy equipment inventory, there may be multiple models and vendors. There will also be some wired equivalent devices. a. What models of client adapters are currently listed at cisco.com?

y y y

Cisco Aironet 802.11a/b/g CardBus Wireless LAN Client Adapter (CB21AG) Cisco Aironet 802.11a/b/g PCI Wireless LAN Client Adapter (PI21AG) Cisco Aironet 5 GHz 54 Mbps Wireless LAN Client Adapter (CB20A)

b. What are the models of the client adapters at the station? y

Cisco Aironet Client Adapters

c. Does the client adapter have a detachable antenna or is the antenna built in? y The client adapter has a detachable antenna d. What frequency range does the client adapter operate at? y 2.4 ghz and 2.4897 ghz

e. What is the wired equivalent to the wireless client adapter that is located at station 3? y Wired Ethernet NIC f. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the wired and wireless client adapter?

Device

Advantage

Disadvantage

Wireless

Portable & Flexible Wireless networking devices from enable you to use your computer, laptop or games console anywhere in the house and be on the network or get access to the Internet. Even if you have a large house, wireless signal will generally go through walls and ceilings**. If you need to extended distances you can use access points to boost the wireless signal.

As the number of computers using the network increases, the data transfer rate to each computer will decrease accordingly. As standards change, it may be necessary to replace wireless cards and/or access points. Lower wireless bandwidth means some applications such as video streaming will be more effective on a wired LAN.

Security is more difficult to guarantee and requires configuration. Cost Effective Buying and installing structured Ethernet networking cables into your home can be a costly exercise. Setting up a basic wireless home network can cost significantly less. Neat & Safe If you choose to set-up a wireless home network you do not need to run cables across your house, which can create trip hazards across rooms, hallways and stairs. Also choosing to set-up a wireless home network means that you do not need to run cables underneath carpets or drill holes through walls or ceilings to pass cables through. Devices will only operate at a limited distance from an access point, with the distance determined by the standard used and buildings and other obstacles between the access point and the user.

Wired

Faster Wired connections can reach networking speeds of up to 1000 Mbps with NETGEAR's Gigabit Ethernet networking equipment, necessary for bandwidth hungry users such as avid gamers, graphic designers or users downloading large media files. However, for most users 54 or 108 Mbps networking speeds are more than sufficient for everyday networking activities such as: Emailing, surfing the web, downloading files, music and video, accessing corporate information and playing console games.

When using wired network, There will be more chances that the wire will become more messy and complicated. This also can lead to short circuit. There also will be problem for a host that need the connection but did not have the connection media such as serial line to connect them with the network.

Reliable Physical, fixed wired connections are not prone to interference and fluctuations in available bandwidth, which can affect some wireless networking connections. Secure If you decide to build a wired home network, you don't have to worry about your networking signal travelling through the air and being interrupted by eavesdroppers (snoopers), which can happen if you don't protect your wireless network. There are very effective security measures (encryption) for wireless networks - you just need to remember to add passwords to your wireless network settings to stop neighbours from nicking your wireless connection. This is very easy to do.

g.

Draw and label the appropriate icons for the client adapter in the space below.

Cisco Aironet 802.11a Client Adapter

Cisco Aironet 802.11b Client Adapters

Station 4 antenna The antenna station contains at least one antenna model. Depending on the academy equipment inventory, there may be multiple models and vendors. There will also be some wired equivalent devices or media. a. What is the model of the antenna? y AIR-ANT2422DW-R b. What is the frequency range of the antenna provided? y y y

900 MHz (902-928 MHz) 2.4 GHz (2.4-2.4835 GHz)-IEEE 802.11b 5 GHz (5.15-5.35 and 5.725-5.825 GHz)-IEEE 802.11a, HIPERLAN/1 and HIPERLAN/2.

c. What is the wired equivalent to the antenna that is located at station 4? y Ethernet Cable d. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the antenna devices?

Device Omnidirectional Antenna

Advantage Omnidirectional antenna can be used to link multiple directional antenna in outdoor point-tomultipoint communication systems including cellular phone connections and TV broadcasts. The only 3 dimensional omnidirectional antenna is the unity gain isotropic antenna, a theoretical construct derived from actual antenna radiation patterns and used as a reference for specifying antenna gain and radio system effective radiated power.

Disadvantage Signal strength is uniform with omnidirectional antennas, while bidirectional and unidirectional ones have the ability to strengthen signals while eliminating unwanted ones.

Bidirectional antenna

Improve signal reception A highly directional antenna

improves the signal reception because it is pointed at the origin of the signal. Ignore noise Highly directional antennas also "ignore" signals coming from places other than the one they are directed to, which cuts down the interference with a chosen signal. Ability to change the focus Another advantage these antennas offer is the ability to change the focus of the receiver to another direction.

e. Draw and label the appropriate icons for the antenna, wireless signal, and Ethernet line in the space below.

Ethernet Cable

Lab 1.4.7 Wireless Lab Setup 5. List the devices in this topology: Laptop computers with the PCMCIA NIC Desktop computers with the PCI NIC A switch or hub for a wired connection A server on the wired network

Step 2 Setup a site-to-site WLAN (Optional) a. What type of antenna distributes wireless signals in all directions and can be used in a point to multipoint wireless bridge topology? y Omnidirectional Antenna

b. What type of antenna distributes wireless signals in one general direction and can be used in a point-to-point topology? y Bidirectional antenna