CSS Module 8 - Configuring the Wireless Access Point (WAP)

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Setting-up Wireless Access Point (LAPTOP)
1. Turn on the WAP
2. Hard reset for 10 seconds – it will reset WAP configuration to the factory default
setting. Information like username and password are located in the bottom of the
WAP.
3. Locate the wireless connection icon at the lower right of the screen, and connect
to the WAP SSID.

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4. Click “Connect to the network without setting it up”.

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5. Since we reset the WAP, by default we can connect without having a password
6. Right click the wireless icon and click “Open Network and Sharing Center”.

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7. Click “Wireless Network Connection”
8. Wireless Network Connection Status will prompt, click “Details…”

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9. Find the “IPv4 Default Gateway”, we will use the address (192.168.1.1) to
access the WAP.
10.Open Internet Explorer and type the default gateway in step 9 – 192.168.1.1.

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11.Use the following credentials on the bottom of the WAP
a. username : admin
b. password : admin
12.Click Login

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13.Our goal is to change the default broadcast SSID, apply authentication and
enabling MAC filtering.
14.Go to “Interface Setup” and under that select “Wireless”.
15.Scroll down, find the SSID and implement authentication.

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16.Change the SSID in accordance to your workstation number. For instance, if you
are in workstation 5 rename SSID to CORE_WAP#5. Implement WPA-
PSK/WPA-2-PSK authentication type and setup password – Password123.
17.Locate “Wireless MAC Address Filter” still under the same page. Its main
function is to allow certain MAC addresses (PC’s) to access the wireless network
(Allow Association).

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18.Locate your MAC address or physical address by going to CMD. We need to
register first the laptop MAC address to the filter so that we can access the
wireless network later.
Note: Only MAC address registered in the Allow Association can access the
network after it will be save.
19.Type “getmac” to list computers physical address.

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20.Or you can command “ipconfig /all” to list a much more detailed info about the
computers adapters. Find the “Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network
Connection” and copy its physical address.
21.Click “Save” and wait for a while.

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22.Ideally we save the configuration we will be disconnected to the WAP network
since we have changed the SSID and put password on it.
23.Connect to the new SSID.

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24.Use the password we set to it earlier – Password123.
25.Since our laptop MAC address is registered in the MAC filtering, there will be no
problem in connecting to the WAP network.

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26.Connect your cellular phone to the WAP_CORE#5 SSID. Use the password we
set – Password123.

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27. Since MAC filtering is enable, we can’t connect our cellular phone to the network
even if we know the password.
28.To see phone MAC address, go to “Settings” under that click “About”.

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29.Click “Status”
30.Locate “Wi-Fi MAC address”, copy it and add to the Wireless MAC Filtering of
the Access Point.

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31.Access again 192.168.1.1.
32.Add the MAC address of your phone to the Wireless MAC Filtering and click
“Save”.

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33.Try to connect again to the CORE_WAP#5.
34.It should connect to the Wireless Network since we already register the phone’s
MAC address to the Wireless MAC Filtering.