Lab Objective:
Learn about wireless encryption.
Lab Purpose:
Configure WPA2 encryption.
Lab Tool:
Cisco Packet Tracer.
Lab Topology:
Please use the following topology to complete this lab exercise. I dragged two laptops and a wireless access point (labeled AP-PT in Packet Tracer) to the canvas.
Lab Walkthrough:
Task 1:
Drag two laptops and an access point to the canvas.
On each one, remove the Ethernet card from the laptop and insert a wireless NIC into the empty slot. You need to power down the laptop first. Remember to power it back on.
The devices should link to the access point after a few seconds.
Task 2:
Go to the IP Configuration icon.
And set the IP addresses on the left and right laptops to 192.168.1.1 and 192.168.1.2, respectively.
Task 3:
Now ping from one PC to the other. You won’t need to configure the access point for this lab.
Here is how to add IP address 192.168.1.1 to one of the PCs. Use the .2 address for the other.
Task4:
Configure WPA2 on the access point. Set the PSK pass phrase to 101labs.net.
Task 5:
Configure the same security settings on the laptops.
You will see that the connection to the AP from Laptop 2 isn’t active until the security settings are configured.
You can repeat the ping again if you wish.
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