UEE60411 Advanced Diploma of Computer Systems Engineering
UEENEEF007B Set up the wireless capabilities of communications and data storage devices
ICA30111 Certificate III in Information, Digital Media and Technology
ICANWK302A Identify and resolve network problems
ICANWK305A Install and manage network protocols
Wireless Networking
Lab Task
lab 3.1 configuring the internet interface with a static
ip address
Semester 1 – 2013
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Aim:
configure the internet interface of the WRT160 with a static ip address.
Equipment
PC with a wireless network card, Linksys WRT160n (or similar) wireless access point, a network that has internet
access, network cable.
method
if you are using the linksys e1200 access point you will have to follow points a through j. If, however, you are
using the linksys wrt160n you can skip those steps and start at point 1.
a. connect your pc to the wireless access point with an ethernet cable (plug it into one of the blue interfaces)
b. go to the administration page, click the factory defaults link and click the "restore factory defaults" button and
reboot the access point.
c. open a browser and type http://192.168.1.1:52000/Unsecured.asp in the address bar.
d. you will now see the following
e.
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e. click on "Continue with an open and Unsecured Network"
f. tick the box that starts "I understand that my network is currently open etc". Then click continue.
g. if you do not follow the preceding steps this lab will not work.
h. log in with a username of admin and a password of admin.
i. change the default ssid to your surname.
j. plug in the usb wireless NIC (if it doesn't install properly ask your instructor to install the drivers)
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1. connect your pc to the wireless access point with a network cable.
2. change your computer ip adress to 192.168.1.2 with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 and a default gateway of
192.168.1.1
3. right click on the wireless connection and disable it
4. log on to the ap with admin admin
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5. go to wireless page
6. change the ssid to your surname
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7. go to the setup page and set the internet connection type to "static ip"
8. check the ip address of the pc you are working on. it should be something like 192.168.x.x, where the third
number is the room in which you are working and the fourth number is the computer number. for example - if your
class is in E208 and you are working on the pc E208-02 then your ip address will be 192.168.208.2
9. give your ap an ip address that is 100 more than your pc ip address. eg if you are working on E208-02 the ap
ip address will be 192.168.208.102
10. the rest of the ip addressing information is common to all ap's
subnet mask 255.255.255.0
default gateway 192.168.208.1 (change the third octet if you are in a different room)
dns 1 192.168.210.2
dns 2 192.168.210.3
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11. go to status - router
12. under internet connection you should see the ip address, subnet mask, default gateway, dns servers and the
dhcp lease time.
13. go to the administration page and select diagnostics
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14. attempt to ping a host on the local network - eg ping 192.168.208.1
15. attempt to ping a host on the internet ping 74.125.237.83 (google)
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16. check that your dns is working by pinging a host on the internet - eg ping www.krock.com.au
17. do a traceroute to a host on the internet traceroute www.cia.gov
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18. leave the setting in place for the next lab
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