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Experiment4

MACFilterinWirelessLAN
1.Objectives DescribethetypeofMacFilterthatexistintheWLAN Describeshowtousemacfilter 2.Equipment 1WirelessAccessPoint/RouterLinksysWRT54G 1WirelessAdapter 1PCdesktops/laptops 3.ExperimentSteps Introduction Becausethewirelessnetworkisanetworkthathasanopentopology,itshouldbenotedsafety problems.Byminimal,securitiesinWLANusingthesystemSSID(ServiceSetIdentifier),sothat only certain users who can access it. As for the more secure, encryption method is used for trafficdatacannotbereadbyoutsiders.Authenticationtypeisvaried,ieOpenSystem,Shared Key, WPA, WPAPKS, and 802.1X. In this module, we only discuss the species present in the WLAN AP Linksys WRT54G only. By default, authentication on the AP was not activated (the disabled). This makes anyone who have a WLAN connection can access the AP network. SettingtheSSID SSIDisthefirststeptobeabletoconnecttoWLANnetworksparticular.Thedefaultsettingof theAPareasfollows.Figure1SettingtheSSIDontheAP

ThiscausestheSSID"linksys"visiblebytheuser.

Figure 2 Views of the user's wireless network It appears also that the network "linksys" is "unsecured",ornomethodauthenticationorencryptiontohim,sothateveryuserwhoknows theSSIDcanbeconnectedtothenetwork.Furthermore,iftheoption"WirelessSSIDBroadcast" bedisabled,theSSID"linksys"willnotbevisiblebytheuser,soitmustbeenteredmanually.

ThefollowingexampleisinWindowsXP: 1. Openthe"NetworkConnections"from"ControlPanel",meaningawillthereissome networkadapteralreadyinstalled,includingtheWirelessAdapter. 2. RightclickonWirelessAdapter,select"Properties",thenthewindowappears propertyoftherespectivewirelessadapter,thenchoosethetab"Wireless Networks"

Figure3SettingupawirelessadapterinWindowsXP

Figure4WirelessPropertiesWindow Clickthe"Add"toaddtheSSIDinquestion,thenselectthetab"Connection"

Figure5Windowpropertyofoneofthenetwork,ielinksys Optionisturnedonfor"linksys"canbeautomaticallyconnected. SecuritySettingsMode:WPAPreSharedKey(WPAPSK)

Figure6SettingSecurityModeWPAPSKontheAP

There are two encryption options on this type, namely TKIP and AES. TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) uses a more secure encryption method and also using the MIC (Message IntegrityCode)toprotectthenetworkfromattack. AES(AdvancedEncryptionSystem)uses128bitblockdatasymmetrical.TouseWPAPreShared Key, enter the password on WPA Shared Key with a length of between 8 and 63 characters.

GroupKeyRenewalIntervalcanbefilledwithavaluebetween0to99.999seconds.Examplesof the use of this mode, we fill the WPA Shared Key with a password "Wawawawa" and TKIP algorithm (hereinafter please try AES), so when we will attempt a connection to the network, willbeaskedapassword.Thissecurityisthesimplestmodetobeaccessedfromtheuserside, becauseitsuseaseasyasloggingontoWindowsoryouremailus.Examplesasshownbelow. HowInthismoduleweusethesettingsfromWindowsXP,asfollows: 1. Openthe"NetworkConnections"from"ControlPanel",thentherewillbesome networkadapteralreadyinstalled,includingtheWirelessAdapter. 2. RightclickonWirelessAdapter,select"ViewAvailableWirelessNetworks".

Figure7Viewsofwirelessnetworksthathavesecurityfromtheuserside Ifwemakeaconnectionthenappears

Figure8WindowthatpopsupwhengoingtoconnecttoWPAPSKnetwork

Andwefillkey"wawawawa"earlier,andclick"Connect".TofurtherpleasetrysettingsusingAES algorithm

5. FINAL TASK
Demonstrate how to configure acces points with WEP and WPA.

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