DB_Chapter 12 Sequence 4

Question 1

You now have set up an access point. Now you need to log into the AP to further configure it. What are the steps to log into an AP? Also, what is the default password ? Pg 406

Answer 1

You need an Internet web page, Firefox, Chrome, etc. and type http:// and the IP address of the AP. The default password should be admin if it is the first time used, or if the AP has been reset.

Question 2

Your supervisor wants you to configure an AP. After you are done, you notice some instability with your wireless devices. Where would you need to look in your AP settings to reconfigure some settings? Pg 407

Answer 2

You would need to look where the network settings are located. You may have to adjust the wireless channel to avoid interference.

Question 3

You are working for a large company that just moved their business into a huge building. You and your fellow IT members create a network for the building that includes wireless AP’s. After it’s done, your supervisor begins gathering information about the network, like where are the AP’s. He even creates a diagram. Then you notice him moving some AP’s. He says its for optimum coverage. What did your supervisor just perform? Pg 408

Answer 3

Site survey

Question 4

Your boss tells you that the wireless AP’s need to be adjusted so that there is the least overlapping coverage. Also each AP should be on a different channel to help with interference. What is your boss talking about? Pg 408-409

Answer 4

Providing Capacity

Question 5

While doing a site survey, what two tools will gather received signal strength indicator (RSSI), and signal to noise ratio (SNR) from each AP in range, and will display a global heat map of the building? Pg 411

Answer 5

Air Magnet Survey, and Ekahau Site Survey

Question 6

You work for a white hat company and your tasked with taking your laptop to a company, sit out in the parking lot, and create an AP with the same name as the company. Your goal is to fool someone in the office to connect to your laptop and then perform a peer to peer attack. What type of wireless threat is this? Pg 412

Answer 6

Rouge AP’s

Question 7

To help battle rouge AP’s, what can you get to battle this wireless threat? Pg 413

Answer 7

Acquire a wireless LAN controller or WLC to manage your AP’s.

Question 8

Your at work and then you notice that no one in the building cannot connect to all of your AP’s in the building that are on channel one. You figure out somehow the signal for that channel is being jammed. What kind of wireless threat are you encountering? Pg 412

Answer 8

Denial of service.

Question 9

When setting up an access point, what six things needs to be configured for a secure, functional access point? Pg 405

Answer 9

SSID, AP IP Address, Operating Mode, Password, Wireless Channel, an WEP/WPA