2. Set up a wireless network by using Packet Tracer simulation software. Select generic laptops and access points from the list of available devices and configure the wireless connections as shown in the figure below.

Make sure that initially there is no security on either the access points or the wireless clients. Implement in each Basic Service Set (BSS) in turn, the WPA2-PSK model of security with AES encryption, and note that as each link invokes this security feature, the connection initially is lost until both sides of the link authenticate to each other. The security model must be identical for every respective link between the client and access point in each BSS. Screenshot and report your test on the following sub-questions:

a) Does every laptop ping every other laptop through the authenticated connections? Explain the communication process in brief. b) What happens when the channel is changed on any of the access points? c) What happens if there is a passphrase mismatch between the clients and the access points?

Important note-

Name- Rohit

For Packet tracer question, the devices name should follow the convention of StudentName_Devicename.

To support your answer along with description please provide following screenshots.

Setting the SSID and Passphrase on Access Points.

Setting the SSID and Passphrase on Laptops, only one laptop screenshots are enough.

Setting the static on Laptops, only one laptop screenshots are enough.

Ping using the command prompt (on the laptop desktop).

Ping from Laptop 1 to Laptop2, 3 and 4. Describe the communication in brief.

Screenshots for changing the channel of Access points and description of the outcome.

Screenshot for Passphrase mismatch and description of the outcome