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Question 1

Why would you want to lower the radio power level of your WAP?

Answer 1

If the power level is too strong, users outside of your home/building may gain the ability to connect to your wireless network.

Question 2

What does WPS stand for and what is it?

Answer 2

Wi-fi Protected Setup

Allows end-users to connect to a wireless network and have their data encrypted without having to go through all of the tedious configuration options.

Question 3

What is one of the first steps you should take when you connect to a WAP for the first time?

Answer 3

Change the default username and password.

Question 4

True or False: MAC Filtering is a security feature.

Answer 4

False

Question 5

Why isn’t MAC Filtering considered a security feature?

Answer 5

Because it is easy to find working MAC addresses by capturing packets being sent across the network. Once you have a working MAC address, you can spoof it.

Question 6

What SOHO Firewall rule is commonly used to help manage inbound traffic?

Answer 6

Port Forwarding

Question 7

Explain how port forwarding works?

Answer 7

A port number is mapped outside of the network. Another user sends a request to your computer through the same port number that is mapped outside of the network. Your firewall accepts the request since the port number request matches the mapped port number.

Question 8

What is an alternative way to help control inbound traffic?

Answer 8

DMZ

Question 9

Explain how DMZ works?

Answer 9

You place a server or services outside of your network. This would allow people to communicate with you, but not within your internal network.

Question 10

What are the two most common ways to manage outbound traffic?

Answer 10

Blacklisting and Whitelisting

Question 11

Between Blacklisting and Whitelisting, which one blocks all communication except “allowed” ones?

Answer 11

Whitelisting

Question 12

True or False: It is good practice to disable unused ports.

Answer 12

True.