LAB 12 1 Building a WLAN in Packet Tracer - Shadowsarespooky/TechJournal GitHub Wiki

LAB 12-1 - Building a WLAN in Packet Tracer

Objective

  • Build a simple and secure Wireless LAN in Packet Tracer that uses WPA2 for authentication and Encryption

Goals

  • Configure a Wireless Access Point on a LAN
  • Enable WPA2 wireless security
  • Connect clients to WLAN
  • Troubleshoot. Show steps.

Summary

In this lab I configured a wireless router, and connected three laptops to connect to it wirelessly. Then I configured the wireless router to connect to a webserver through a router, and have the laptops connect to the web server. Some instructions I found useful was setting up the wireless router, which I will detail below. One problem I did encounter was first connecting laptop 1 to the wireless router, which I found the problem to be that I gave the incorrect name of the network to the laptop which should match the name on the router. Other wise, it was pretty straightforward with everything else.

Things to Consider:

  • Entry for configuring a wireless router's network

  1. Configure the Internet connection type on the WR. Click WR > GUI tab. Set the Internet Connection type to Static IP. Configure the Internet IP address.

  2. Configure the network setup. Scroll down to Network Setup. For the Router IP option, set the IP address to the Wireless Router's LAN address and the subnet mask. Enable the DHCP server. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click Save Settings

  3. Configure wireless access and security. At the top of the window, click Wireless. Set the Network Mode to Wireless-N Only and change the SSID to whatever you want to call your network. Disable SSID Broadcast and click Save Settings. Click the Wireless Security options. Change the Security Mode from Disabled to WPA2 Personal. Configure a passphrase. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click Save Settings.

  • Entry for configuring a wireless connection on a laptop
  1. Configure Laptop1 for wireless connectivity. Because SSID broadcast is disabled, you must manually configure Laptop1 with the correct SSID and passphrase to establish a connection with the router. Click Laptop 1 > Desktop > PC Wireless. Click the Profiles tab. Click New. Name the new profile Wireless Access. On the next screen, click Advanced Setup. Leave on Infrastructure Mode, Manually enter the SSID of your network on Wireless Network Name. Click Next. Choose Obtain network settings automatically (DHCP) as the network settings, then click Next. On Wireless Security, choose WPA2-Personal as the method of encryption and click Next. Click Save, then click Connect to Network
  2. Verify Laptop1 wireless connectivity and IP addressing configuration. The Signal Strength and Link Quality indicators should show that you have a strong signal.
  • Include any troubleshooting steps you had to take