LAB 7

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Section 1: Configuring Access Points Advanced Settings

Introduction
The ability to properly configure an access point is an important skill for any wireless
network professional as well as, to a lesser degree, for end- users. In this section you will
use an online emulator from D- Link to configure an autonomous access points
advanced settings.

Procedure:
1. Use your Web browser to go to www. dlink. com.
Note; It is not unusual for Web sites to change the location of where files are stored. If
the URL above no longer functions then open a search engine and search for D- Link
emulator.

2. Click the nation most appropriate for you.

3. Click Support.
4. Click Go next to Emulators.
5. Scroll down and click DAP- 1522.
6. Click DAP- 1522 AP Mode.
7. The emulated login screen appears. Click Login.
8. An emulated Setup screen displaying what a user would see when configuring an
actual DAPS- 1522 is displayed, as shown in the Figure below.
9. Click Advanced on the horizontal menu bar.
10. Click Advanced Wireless in the left pane to display the Advanced Wireless
screen.
11. Click the down arrow next to Transmit Power. Click the down arrow again to
close the drop- down list without making any changes. Why would you want to
reduce the power of the AP? Click the down arrow again to close the drop- down
list without making any changes.
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12. Notice that, by default, the Beacon Period is set to 100 msec. What would
happen if you decreased that value? What would happen if you increased it?
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13. WMM Enable is selected by default. Wi- Fi Multimedia (WMM) is modeled

after a wired network QoS prioritization scheme and outlines four levels of
prioritization for WLAN QoS. Should this be on by default? What impact would
it have on the WLAN?
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14. The Short GI is also on by default. In the right pane, under Help, click More and
read about the settings for this model under Advanced Wireless. If you were
using this device, would you use Short GI? Why or why not?
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15. Keep the emulator open in your browser for the next project.

Section 2: Configuring Access Points QoS

Introduction

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In this section you will use the online emulator from D- Link to configure an
autonomous access points QoS settings..

Procedure:
1. If necessary navigate to the DAP- 1522 Advanced Wireless screen.
2. Click QoS in the left pane to display the QoS menu as shown in the Figure below.
3. In the right pane, under Help, click More and read about the settings for this
model under QoS.
4. Click your browsers Back button to return to the QoS screen.
5. Under QoS click the Enable QoS box to insert a check.
6. Now create a QoS rule. Under ADD QOS RULE, click the Enable QoS box to
insert a check.
7. In the Name box type WebTraffic. This will set a rule for HTTP Web traffic to
be at the lowest priority.
8. Verify that the Priority is set to Background ( BK). Background has the lowest
level of priority.

9. In the Protocol box select TCP.

10. For the Host 1 IP Range, type the range 192.168.1.1 in the first box and
192.168.1.101 in the second box. This part of the rule will apply to traffic that is
received by any device in the local network that has an IP address within this
range.
11. For the Host 1 Port Range, enter 80 in the first box and 80 in the second box.
This part of the rule will apply to traffic in which Host 1 s port number is within
this range ( HTTP traffic).

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12. For the Host 2 IP Range, enter the range 0.0.0.0 in the first box and
255.255.255.255 in the second box. This sets the rule to apply to traffic that is
sent by any device that has an IP address within this range (any computer).
13. For the Host 2 Port Range, enter 0 in the first box and 65535 in the second box.
This rule applies to traffic in which Host 2 s port number is within this range ( all
protocols).
14. Click Clear.
15. Now create the settings that give the highest priority to FTP traffic for computers
on the local network.
16. Close all windows.

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Section 3: Configuring Access Points Performance

Introduction
In this section you will use the online emulator from D- Link to configure an
autonomous access points performance settings.
Procedure:
1. Use your Web browser to go to www. dlink. com.
Note; It is not unusual for Web sites to change the location of where files are stored. If
the URL above no longer functions then open a search engine and search for D- Link
emulator.

2. Click the nation most appropriate for you.

3. Click Support.
4. Click Go next to Emulators.
5. Scroll down and click DAP- 3520
6. The emulated login screen appears. Click Login.
7. An emulated Home screen displaying what a user would see when configuring an
actual DAPS- 3520.
8. In the left pane, expand all of the options so that they are displayed as shown in
the Figure below.
9. In the left pane, under Basic Settings, click Wireless.
10. Click the down arrow next to Wireless Band. What are the two types of IEEE
802.11 networks that are available for the first band? What are available for the
second band? Click the down arrow again to close the drop- down menu without
making any changes.
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11. Click the down arrow next to Mode. When would the device be configured as a
Wire-less Distribution System (WDS)? When would it be used as a WDS with

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AP? Click the down arrow again to close the drop- down menu without making
any changes.
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12. Change the Wireless Band from 2.4GHz to 5GHz. Notice how the Channel also
changes. Why does it change?
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13. Change the Wireless Band back to 2.4GHz.

14. In the left pane under Advanced Settings click Performance.
15. Change the Wireless Mode setting to Mixed 802.11g and 802.11b.
16. Click the down arrow next to Data Rate. What options are available? Click the
down arrow again to close the drop- down menu without making any changes.

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17. Change the Wireless Mode setting to Mixed 802.11n, 802.11g and 802.11b.
18. What is the only Data Rate option that appears for this mode?
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19. Click the arrow next to Transmit Power. Why is the default set to the lowest
value? Click the down arrow again to close the drop- down menu without making
any changes.
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20. Change the Wireless Mode setting to Mixed 802.11g and 802.11b. Why does the
Short GI become disabled with this option?
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21. Keep the emulator open for the next section.

Section 4: Configuring Access Points VLAN

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Introduction
In this section you will use an online emulator from D- Link to configure an autonomous
access points VLAN settings.
Procedure:
1. If necessary, navigate to the DAP- 3520 Home screen.
2. In the left pane, click Multi- SSID under Advanced Settings to display the
Multi- SSID settings as shown in the Figure below.
3. Check the Enable Multi- SSID box to insert a check. When would this option be
used?
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4. Click the Enable Priority box to insert a check.

5. In the left screen, click VLAN under Advanced Settings to display the used
VLAN Settings screen.
6. Next to VLAN Status click Enable.
7. Click the Add/ Edit VLAN tab.
8. Next to VLAN ID (VID) enter VLAN1.
9. Next to VLAN Name enter Accounting.
10. In the Port section next to Untag note that the Mgmt option is selected. What
would this option do?
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11. In the Port section next to Tag, check the LAN option. What would this do?
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12. Close all windows.

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