Copyright Goodheart-Willcox Co., Inc. May not be reproduced or posted to a publicly accessible website. 154 Security Essentials Lab Manual 6. Using the wireless client computer, connect to your partner’s wireless network. Create and save a screenshot of the wireless networks list and the connection. 7. What is the client computer’s new IP address? Is the network IP address private or public? Explain. _ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8. In the router’s administrator utilities, disable broadcast of the SSID. Make no other changes. 9. Verify connection from the wireless client computer. Note whether you are still connected to the network. Create and save a screenshot of the available wireless network list. _ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 10. From the router’s administrator utilities, re-enable the broadcast of the SSID, and add a WPA2 key. Save the changes. 11. From the wireless client computer, attempt to connect to the wireless network without any configuration changes. Are you able to connect? If not, diagnose why. _ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 12. Configure the wireless client computer with the WPA2 passphrase configuration that you established on the wireless router. Create and save a screenshot of where you placed this information. Are you able to connect to the wireless network? _ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 13. In your wireless router configuration tool, locate the option for MAC filtering. It may be called MAC whitelisting or MAC blacklisting. Configure MAC filtering on the router per your router’s configuration page. Prevent your client from connecting to this network. Use the MAC address of your client’s NIC. If you have access to another device, such as a laptop, tablet, or smartphone, attempt to connect to your router using the WAP information from that device. Explain whether you were able to connect and whether this constituted a whitelist or blacklist. _ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 14. In Windows, spoofing a MAC address is accomplished in the NIC properties. Open Control Panel Network and Internet Network and Sharing Center Change Adapter Settings. Locate and right-click on your network interface card, and select Properties from the shortcut menu. Next, select Configure Advanced tab. Scroll down to the Locally Administered Address option. From here, you can change the value of your local address. Be advised, some network adapter manufacturers prohibit this feature, so it may not be available. After viewing this information, you can close these screens.