Our Project demonstration is based solely on wireless internet technology. Basically, what we set out to do was to prove that a wireless internet connection could actually be made, and that it could made to be, at least somewhat, secure. Our goals are listed below:
1.-Setup a wireless connection to the internet.
2.-Ensure that the connection can be made and that the signal will remain constant.
3-Using WEP(wired equivalent privacy), ensure that the wireless connection can be made secure.
4.-Test signal strengths at different levels of bandwidth and distances.
Overall, this project was fairly simple. All we really had to do, was to test the signal strengths and resolve security and connectivity issues.
Wi-Fi Facts-
Wi-Fi is an 802.11 IEEE standard. The name 802.11 comes from the IEEE committee that standardized it. Wi-Fi stands for wireless fidelity. The whole idea behind wireless technology would be to create a network in which a group of people can access the network remotely. This enhances usability and in some sense, creativity. Wireless internet isn’t really that hard to setup. You need an access point, a server, and a laptop. After that, it’s all a matter of configurations and you’re in. The only real complaint that we heard about Wi-Fi is that there are security issues. Hackers have been known to drive around accessing people’s wireless networks. So security is an issue. One way to deal with security is to use WEP (wired equivalent privacy). This technology allows us to use wireless and still have some of the same protection as with a wired network.
How Secure is it really?
When a client communicates with an access point, this is when the network is most vulnerable to breaches in security. It is at this time that a hacker can access your network. Security issues are what continue to hold Wi-Fi technology back. A wired network offers a direct access to network jacks. This provides some defense right from the start. But a wireless network is not contained by walls or glass. A DeVry senior project even noted that a client was printing to printers in neighboring offices. This is where WEP comes in. While WEP addresses issues regarding casual hackers, it’s fairly useless against someone who is actually committed to hacking a wireless network.
Stephen Kern, a professor of history at The Ohio State University, wrote the chapter “Wireless
Segmenting the wireless network from the wired network though, is not only a trust issue, wireless networks suffer from many attacks such as Denial of Service caused by interference. The access point that will provide wireless access will be connected to a wired switch, however the separation of the wireless network is proposed to be done with the use of virtual LANs. VLANs will separate the network to two logical networks operating on the same physical network. This separation will enchant network’s security as the main network will be inaccessible from customers as well as it will not be affected if the wireless network is facing issues. The AP must be using Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2) security protocol that has advanced encryption standards comparing to
To secure the network setup, WPA2 can be used along with the optional Pre-Shared Key (PSK) for authentication. To encrypt the network with WPA2-PSK, the router is configured not with an encryption key but rather plain paraphrase. TKIP(for Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) is used along with the network SSID for generating unique encryption key for the wireless clients.
Wireless networks – While the term wireless network may technically be used to refer to any type of network that is wireless, the term is most commonly used to refer to a telecommunications network whose interconnection between nodes is implemented without the use of wires, such as a computer network. Wireless telecommunication networks are generally implemented with some type of remote information transmission system that uses electromagnetic waves, such as radio waves, for the carrier and this implementation usually takes place at the physical level or “layer” network.
Project Name: Wireless Network Connection and Access for all offsite employees, mobile devices and buildings.
The rapid progress of embedded MEMS (micro-sensing technologies) and wireless communication has made wireless sensor networks possible. Such an environment may have many wireless nodes which are inexpensive; each node is capable of collecting, storing and processing environmental data, and communicating with neighboring nodes. These sensors are connected with wires in the past but tod...
The propose research will address a problem confronting many two year institutions in the present-day (i.e. how to best plan, design, and implement WLAN technologies). While WLAN technologies offer the benefits of mobility, reduced installation time, and decreased cost, many challenges must be met by institutions deploying them (Geier, 2005). These issues are related to security, speed, interoperability, and equipment selection, ease of use, reliability, signal interference, installation, and health risks.
Wi-Fi facilitates ease of use and is getting increasingly popular with homes and businesses. Multiple Wi-Fi Access Points can be located in a given area. Wi-Fi security issues continue to be a problem, as the number of Access Points grows.
Security for the network will be provided by a network based packet filtering firewall, proxy server and a Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2) passphrase. I would also suggest not broadcasting the Service Set Identifier (SSID) and to set up the router to filter the Media Access Control (MAC) addresses so that devices that have their MAC addresses registered will be allowed access to the wireless network (Dean, 2013, p. 357). I would restrict access to the proxy, file and print servers by locking them in a secure climate controlled closet. Access would be controlled by a key card that would be held by the network administrator.
The world has gone through a lot of changed as time passes by. With advancements in the technological field people are can communicate with ones from around the world without having to even lift a finger. To make things more efficient and more cost saving industries have made technology wireless. Wireless technology gives people the chance to get up from their stationary computer, or cord phone and able to freely move without restrictions. The IT, or Information Technology has become a standard and very critical part of today’s society. Wireless technology came from the basic just cellular usage to sensors in the medical field. Wires are now a thing of the past in today’s world with forever revitalizing technology.
Local Area Networks also called LANs have been a major player in industrialization of computers. In the past 20 or so years the worlds industry has be invaded with new computer technology. It has made such an impact on the way we do business that it has become essential with an ever-growing need for improvement. LANs give an employer the ability to share information between computers with a simple relatively inexpensive system of network cards and software. It also lets the user or users share hardware such as Printers and scanners. The speed of access between the computers is lighting fast because the data has a short distance to cover. In most cases a LAN only occupies one or a group of buildings located next to each other. For larger area need there are several other types of networks such as the Internet.
Don't use default settings, obvious passwords or keys. Rotate your WEP keys oftenat least once per day or every 10,000 packets of information to foil hackers' efforts. Finally, monitor, monitor, monitor! Do not just turn your network on and assume it will always stay the same. Check and sniff your own network for APs you don't know about.
Introduction: This is a 21th century, technology is the most important and improved thing of the human life. It makes life easier and faster. Development of faster sophisticated technology we have better and fast life. So all we are connect each other by computer network. There are two different way of network: Wired and wireless. Now day we can found network almost everywhere. Home, business, public place, Airport, Planes, hospitals, school, train everywhere we can found networking. Therefore, almost every sector of the economy that has affected by wired and wireless technology. Wired network and wireless protect both has security, But in general wireless network is less secure than wired networks. For proper security AP (access point) and its antenna should be right position. Also add a wireless access point or use a wireless router we can connect to network wirelessly. AS we using more and more of devices (smart phones, tablet and computers) rely on wireless networking, we have to improve our network security too.
In our society, there has been a revolution which competes that of the industrial revolution. It is called technological revolution. At the top of the technological revolution is what we call, the Internet. In the following report we will be discussing about what the internet is about in general and how it might be in the future, why it is necessary in our everyday lives, and why has it become so important to everyone (i.e. companies, individuals ).
This project was originally conducted under the Advanced Research Projects Agency to counteract the USSR’s launch of the Sputnik. After the creation it had been called the Arpanet, and would be used specifically for government networks until the early 90’s. In 1990 the World Wide Web had been created as an online public network for everyday civilians to use.