Chapter 3 Solutions
NOTE: Lab 3.4 sets up the Linksys wireless router and must be completed in order for all other Linksys-related labs to work later in the lab manual.
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10. Convert 64 mW to dBm and compare your answer to the answer given in Step 8. How accurate was your estimation using the rule of 10s and 3s? Answer: 10log64 = 18.1 dBm; 18 versus 18.1 very accurate
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What effect will raising the antennas have on the radius of the Fresnel zone? Answer: None, because antenna height is not part of the equation
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11. What is the IP address of the wired NIC now? Is it the same as the one you recorded in Step 3? If it is different than previously recorded, why do you think this is so? Answer: 11. Varies, but on 192.168.1.0 network; No; The Linksys router does network address translation (NAT) 12. Are you connected wirelessly to the Linksys router? Answer: Varies 16. What is the default router name? Answer: WRT54G (may be different, but it should be the model of the router) 19. What is your profile name? What is your wireless mode frequency and connection speed? How is your signal strength described? Answer: Infrastructure Mode; Varies; Varies, but could be Excellent or Good, for example 20. What is happening to the signal strength as you get farther away from the wireless router? What is the description of your signal strength now? Answer: Gets weaker as you travel farther from access point; Varies, but could be Fair or Poor, for example
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