WLAN Lab
WLAN Lab
HASSNAWI
Lab 3
Constructing Wireless Network
2. Wireless Networks
Wireless networks use radio waves to connect devices such as laptops to the Internet, the
business network and applications. When laptops are connected to Wi-Fi hot spots in public
places, the connection is established to that business’s wireless network.
Wireless Local Area Network (LAN): Links two or more devices using a wireless
distribution method, providing a connection through access points to the wider
Internet.
Wireless Wide Area Network (WAN): Covers large areas such as neighboring
towns and cities.
Wireless Devices
There are many types of wireless devices such as smartphones, tablet, WIFI computers,
and WIFI printers. All wireless devices use wireless media to send and receive data
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After this Lab, the Student can know how to work with wireless networks and how
to configure it by using cisco packet tracer.
Experiment Procedure
Figure 1
Requirements:
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Select the GUI from the router Main Menu as shown below
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On Port 1 menu
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Select PC wireless
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Enter the password of the access point and click connect you will see
that the laptop connect to the access point as shown below
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