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CCNA DISCOVERY 1
MODULE 7 – WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES
STUDY GUIDE
7.1.1 Client/Server Relationships
1.
What do wireless technologies
use to carry information between
devices?
2.
What are the most common wave
lengths used for public wireless
communication?
3.
Which wavelength is relatively
low energy and cannot penetrate
through walls or other obstacles?
4.
Which wavelength has the
greatest range?
5.
What ranges can be used with
very few restrictions?
6.
What are the ranges with the
fewest restrictions called?
7.
What has made Bluetooth
technology the preferred method
for connection computer
peripherals?
7.1.1.4 Activity
7.1.2 Benefits and Limitations of Wireless Technology
8.
What is one of the main
advantages of wireless
technology?
9.
What is a hotspot?
10.
What are the benefits of wireless
LAN technology?
11.
What are the limitations of
wireless LAN technology?
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12.
What two techniques have been
developed to help secure wireless
transmissions?
7.1.3 Types of Wireless Networks and Their Boundaries
13.
What are the three major
categories of wireless networks?
14.
15.
What is the smallest wireless
network, which is used to connect
various peripheral devices?
What does an access point do?
16.
What technologies does the
WWAN use?
17.
What is a good example of a
WWAN?
7.1.3.3 Activity
7.2.1 Wireless LAN Standards
18.
What do wireless standards
ensure?
19.
20.
What is the main organization
responsible for the creation of
wireless technical standards?
What IEEE standard governs the
WLAN environment?
21.
What are the current standards for
the WLAN environment?
22.
What organization is responsible
for testing wireless LAN devices
from different manufacturers?
What does the Wi-Fi logo on a
device mean?
23.
7.2.1.2
24.
Complete the Common IEEE
WLAN Standards Chart
7.2.2 Wireless LAN Components
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25.
What is a STA?
26.
What do antennas do?
27.
What is an increase in signal
strength from an antenna known
as?
How are antenna classified?
28.
29.
30.
What is the difference between a
directional antenna and an omnidirectional antenna?
Which antenna type can achieve
greater transmission distances?
7.2.2.3 Activity
7.2.3 WLANS and the SSID
31.
How do you ensure that wireless
components connect to the
appropriate WLAN?
32.
What is a case-sensitive, alphanumeric string that can be up to
32 characters?
33.
What is the SSID used for?
7.2.3
34.
What are the two basic forms of
WLAN installations?
35.
What is the simplest form of a
wireless network?
36.
How is an ad-hoc network
created?
37.
What is the mode of wireless
communication most often used
in the home and business
environment?
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38.
39.
What controls all communications
and ensures that all STAs have
equal access to the media on
infrastructure mode?
What is the area covered by a
single access point known as?
40.
What is the smallest building
block of a WLAN?
41.
What is an Extended Service Set
(ESS)?
42.
In order to allow movement
between the cells without the loss
of signal, how much must BSS’s
overlap?
7.2.3.4 Activity
7.2.4 Wireless Channels
43.
How are the conversations
between sender and receiver
controlled?
44.
What does Wireless technology
use to avoid collisions?
45.
What is a CTS (Clear to Send)?
46.
What is an ACK
(acknowledgement)?
47.
Who receives the ACK?
7.2.4.3 Activity
7.2.5 Configuring the Access Point
48.
When should basic configuration
tasks be conducted?
49.
50.
What does the type of mode
enabled on the access point
depend on?
What happens if you select mixed
mode?
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51.
What must adjacent BSSs use in
order to optimize throughput?
7.2.5.3 Lab Activity
7.2.6 Configuring the Wireless Client
52.
What is a wireless host?
53.
54.
55.
56.
57.
58.
What is basic management
software that can control most
wireless client configurations?
What are some of the features
available with stand-alone
wireless utility software?
Is it possible for wireless utility
software and Windows XP client
software to manage the wireless
connection at the same time
What feature displays the current
signal strength and quality of the
wireless signal?
What is one of the most common
tests for verifying successful data
transmission?
What does a successful ping tell
you?
7.2.6.4 Lab Activity
7.3.1 Why People Attach WLANS
59.
What is one of the primary
benefits of wireless networking?
60.
What is one easy way to gain
entry to a wireless network?
61.
How can you make the network
non-public?
62.
Why should you change the
default settings?
7.3.2 Limiting Access to a WLAN
63.
What is one way to limit access to
your wireless network?
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64.
What is MAC address filtering?
65.
What happens if the MAC
address is not located in the
database?
7.3.3 Authentication of a WLAN
66.
What is authentication?
67.
What is the most common form
of authentication?
68.
What are the three types of
wireless authentication methods?
69.
What is open authentication?
70.
What is PSK (pre-shared key)
authentication?
71.
What is EAP (Extensible
Authentication Protocol)?
72.
If MAC address filtering and
authentication are enabled, which
occurs first?
7.3.4 Encryption of a WLAN
73.
What is encryption?
74.
What is WEP (Wired Equivalency
Protocol)?
75.
How big is the WEP key?
76.
What is a passphrase?
77.
How is WPA (Wi-Fi Protected
Access) different than WEP?
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78.
Why is WPA considered more
secure than WEP?
7.3.4.3 Activity
7.3.5 Traffic Filtering on a WLAN
79.
What is traffic filtering?
7.3.5.2 Lab Activity
7.4. Configuring an Integrated AP & Wireless Client
7.4.1 Planning the WLAN
80.
What things should be included
when planning a network
installation?
81.
What are the most common
factors to consider when
determining which WLAN
standards to use?
82.
What is the best way to learn enduser requirements?
83.
Which wireless standard supports
a larger BBS?
84.
What is a benefit of a larger BBS?
85.
What is Total Cost of Ownership
(TCO)?
7.4.2 Installing and Security The Access Point
86.
What are some of the more basic
security measures?
7.4.3 Backing Up and Restoring Configuration Files
87.
What are the two ways to restore
factory defaults?
7.4.3.2 Activity
7.4.4 Updating the Firmware
88.
Where is the operating system on
most integrated routers stored?
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89.
90.
If the update process is
interrupted before completion,
what happens to the drive?
What is the process of updating
firmware on an integrated router?
7.4.4.2 Activity
7.6.1.1 Quiz
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