QUIZ

1. Antennas transmit and 6. Which type of antenna is

receive AC voltage.
True or False
2. 2400 MHz is the same
frequency as 2.4 GHz.
True or False
best to form a wireless
bridge between two
buildings 200 ft apart?
 Bridge antenna
Dome antenna


 Panel antenna
3. The FCC regulates  Parabolic Dish
Universal Building Codes
True or False
4. RF stands for “Radio
Field”
True or False
5. Line Loss refers to
attenuation of signal in
coax cable
True or False
 QUIZ cont.
7.What portion of the spectrum has
been in use in the computer world
over 10 years?
8. How many bands in the RF
spectrum?
9. List 3 types of antennas.
CH 4 & 5
Quiz
Lecture
Lab Lecture
Lab AP Set-up
 CH 5
Common Wireless Network Components

 4 Basic Styles of Interfaces

• PCMCIA
• PCI
• ISA
• USB
 These are all client side devices
• Connect wired and wireless networks
 CH 5
Common Wireless Network Components
 PCMCIA
• Also known as a “PC Card”
• Most Laptops built since 1995 have
them.
• Most popular wireless interface
• Wireless Cards have built in antennas
• Look for Intersil’s Prim 2 Chipset
 NetStumbler Problem
• CF cards---PDA’s
 CH 5
Common Wireless Network Components
 CH 5
Common Wireless Network Components
 PCI
• For connecting desktop computers to
WLAN
• Standard on all computers
• Generally slightly faster than USB
• Requires that computer case be opened
 Warranty
 Static Electricity
 Know How
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Common Wireless Network Components
 CH 5
Common Wireless Network Components
 ISA Bus Interface
• Old
• Outdated
• You may have to connect an old computer to
your WLAN
 I am unaware of anyone who makes a
readily available ISA slot Wireless NIC.
• Cost
• Drivers for an old system
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Common Wireless Network Components
 CH 5
Common Wireless Network Components
 USB---Universal Serial Bus
• Most times a better option than a PCI
Card
• More PnP than other devices
• Most new computers have more USB
connectors that PCI. (Most likely full)
• Two current versions 1.1 and 2.0
 2.0 is faster
 NIC must be ver. 2.0 as well
 Both versions look the same
 CH 5
Common Wireless Network Components
 CH 5
Common Wireless Network Components
 Network-Side Wireless Equipment
• AP
• Bridge
• Gateways and Routers
 Plus all of the wires equipment
 CH 5
Components Common Wireless Networks
 AP
• Do the work of a hub, bridge, gateway, router.
 That’s what the book says
 Untrue an AP is simply a hub.
 True AP’s don’t dole out DHCP
• Pass packet traffic to wired networks
• Firmware
• Provides encryption, and SSID as well as
filters.
 Modes
 40 and 128 bit encryption
 Filters slow traffic pass
 CH 5
Components Common Wireless Networks
• Software AP’s
 Run as a program on a laptop with a
wireless NIC
• Hacking tool
 Man in the Middle Attack

 Mainly Linux based tools

 If you find a good Windows based AP program

it’s good for a homework and daily quiz.

 You must demonstrate it for the class.
 CH 5
Components Common Wireless Networks
 CH 5
Components Common Wireless Networks
 Bridging
• Acts as a repeater between wireless segments
• Some act as Access Points
 Some AP’s have Bridging mode
• Disadvantages
 Can not use external antennas that do not come with
the unit. (Legally)
 Use only one channel to pass data
• Some company's produce multi channel
bridging equipment.
 Orinoco now Proxim, and Cisco
 CH 5
Components Common Wireless Networks
 CH 5
Components Common Wireless Networks
 Gateways and Routers
• Used for high speed internet Access
 Most often home application
• Usually a router, AP, and some sort of
firewall
 Some even have modems or print servers
built in
 CH 5
Components Common Wireless Networks
 Power Amplifiers
• Improve range beyond external antennas
• Make sure there FCC approved
• Long runs of antenna cable will require power
amplifiers
• Always assume your putting out the maximum
power of the amplifier
• Safety!!!
• Refrence pages 78-82 in the book before using
power amps.
 Know the specs of your equipment
 CH 6
Typical Wireless Installations
 Application of your WLAN will dictate
equipment, configuration, security,
access control, equipment location,
and install procedures.
 Choose equipment wisely.
• Do research
• Know your clients
 CH 6
Typical Wireless Installations
 Home
• This is what wireless networking was
designed for.
• Share high speed internet, file and
printer sharing.
• One device covers it all.
• Know the home and use WEP.
• Site survey!!
 CH 6
Typical Wireless Installations
 Work
• Usually a wired infrastructure
• Most likely more than one AP
 1 AP for every 10-15 concurrent users
• Site survey is very important in this
environment.
 You won’t get the same range out of every AP.
 Allow for overlap of coverage.
 Roaming (well kinda)
• Think about use of drop ceilings to conceal
your equipment
 CH 6
Typical Wireless Installations
• Remember POE (power over Ethernet)
 Book says to put each AP on a
different channel
• Nonoverlapping channels (1,6,11)
• This is not the way we do it
 All AP’s are configured exactly the same.
 Same channel, SSID, MAC Filter Lists,
• You need to have a device that assigns
DHCP
 Or you can use static addressing.
 CH 6
Typical Wireless Installations
 Wireless Campus
• GET HELP
• You will need a team to design, build
and maintain this type of set-up!!
• Connecting building via fiber or coax is
very expensive!!
 Bridge multiple wireless LAN’s together.
• Be creative!!
• It can be done
• Put in place as a backup to wired!!
UCI
 CH 6
Typical Wireless Installations
 Community and WISP
• AKA “Hotspots”
• Some charge some do not
• WISP
 Mainly used for outlying areas where it’s to expensive
to build wired networks.
 Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISP's) face
unique challenges in providing "last mile" broadband
access to their wireless customers.  Frequency and
modulation selection, antenna design and placement,
security, subscriber unit costs and network reliability
all factor heavily when designing a large-scale
wireless internet service network.
• You can be your own neighborhood WISP.
 MESH WISP

Wireless Mesh Networks are an exciting new concept for creating

low-cost, high-reliability wireless metro-area networks.  In a
mesh network, each wireless node serves as both an access point
and wireless router, creating multiple pathways for the wireless
signal.  Mesh networks have no single point of failure and can be
designed to route around line-of-sight obstacles that can interfere
with other wireless network topologies. 
 LAB
1. Disable Wired NIC
2. Install Wireless NIC
3. Start-Run_Type “cmd”-
type “ipconfig /all” to
check address.
4. Connect to the AP
5. Surf to:
http://ci.san-clemente.ca.
us
6. Download and install
NetStumbler.
7. WAIT!
 Homework

 NONE
 Quiz! Week 5
 What’s WEP?
 What’s a WEP Key?
 What’s an SSID
 What’s WISP?
 How do you tell an AP from a Router?
 What’s the longest WEP key that WI-FI certified?
 What’s a true AP
 How many users max per Home based AP?
 What’s VPN?
 What are the 3 non overlapping channels?