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CYBIT150 Chapter 9b Skills Assessment 1 – Viewing
Wireless NIC Information
Background
Windows provides a number of ways to view and work with your NICs – wired and wireless. It is good to know your wireless connections and IP information.
Objective
Determine the availability and status of the network interface cards (NICs) on the PC that you use. Access the NIC information of your PC and change the status of these cards.
Required Equipment
Windows 11 VM in lab or a personal computer/laptop with wireless adapter
Part 1 Identify Wireless NIC Information
1. If the assessment will be completed on your own personal laptop/desktop that has wireless adapter, skip to step 17. If completing in the lab, continue on. 2. Ask the instructor for a TP-Link Wireless USBN adapter. 3. In the Win11 VM, open Edit Virtual Machine settings. There should be a USB Controller. If not, click Add. Select USB Controller and click Finish.
4. In the right pane, under Connections, change the USB compatibility to USB 2.0. 5. Click OK to save changes. 6. Power on the Win11 VM and log in. 7. On the host lab PC, open *File Explorer -> This PC -> C:* drive. Open the TP link folder. 8. Copy the RMB1050_ Archer_T2U_Plus_V1_win10 folder to the Win11 VM Desktop. For TP-Link Archer T2U Plus V1, download at https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/download/archer-t2u-plus/
15. In the Ready to Install screen, click Install. 16. Once completed, click Finish. The driver has been installed and you will be able to connect to a wireless network on the VM. 17. If necessary, connect to your wireless network. Click on the network icon in the Taskbar. Click the arrow next to WiFi icon to view the available wireless networks (WLANs). a. In the lab, select JJCGuest and then click Connect.
b. Wait till its Connected, open and continue to next step.
18. To open the Network and Sharing Center, in the Search bar, type Control Panel and click the app. Under Network and Internet, click View network status and tasks. Note: Another method to open the Network and Sharing Center is in the Notification Area or Taskbar. Right-click on the Wired Network Icon or the Wireless Network Icon.
Wireless Network Connection is currently disabled, then click Enable.
23. Right-click the Wireless Network Connection , and then click Status. If Status is grayed out (cannot click on it), then you will need to connect to the wireless network. 24. The Wireless Network Connection Status window displays where you can view information about your wireless connection. Notice that it will have the SSID, speed, and signal quality.
**25. Insert a screenshot showing your Wi-Fi status screen.
- What is the Service Set Identifier (SSID) for the** wireless router of your connection? What is the speed of
29. What is the MAC address of your wireless NIC? 38-8d-3d-b9-c5-2c 30. What is the IP address of your wireless NIC? 192.168.1. 31. What information do you think is important in the details page? current connection status and the network configuration, including its IP addresses and hardware specifications. 32. Click Close. Keep status page open. 33. To find the wireless security properties, click Wireless Properties.
34. Click the Security tab. 35. The type of security the connected wireless router has implemented displays. 36. List the types of security that can be implemented. WPA3 personal, WPA2Personal, WPA3Enterprise, Wp3 Enterprise 192bits, WPA Enterprise, 802.1x 37. Are there any other types of encryption that can be implemented? No only Aes 38. Close the Wireless Network Properties and the Network Connection Status windows. 39. A pop-up window should appear at the bottom right corner of your desktop that displays your current connections, along with a list of SSIDs that are in range of the wireless NIC of your
5. To see specific wireless adapter information such as wireless signal, radio type, channel and type of authentication your computer is using when connected to a wireless network, type the following command: netsh wlan show interfaces and press Enter. Here are a few key pieces of information: a. Description – wireless NIC adapter information b. Physical Address – wireless NIC MAC address c. SSID – name of wireless network d. BSSID – MAC address of wireless router or access point e. Radio Type – Wireless standard supported f. Authentication – wireless type of authentication g. Channel – wireless frequency band h. Signal – strength of wireless signal
**6. Insert a screenshot showing the result.
- What is the BSSID of your SSID?**
11. To view more details of a wireless network, you can specify the name of the network in the netsh wlan show profile command. To view the details of your wireless network, type the command: netsh wlan show profile name=SSID and press Enter. Replace SSID with your wireless network name.
12. Insert a screenshot of the result.
14. To verify that the profile was deleted, type the command netsh wlan show profiles and press **Enter
- Insert a screenshot of the result.**
16. Close command prompt.
Part 3 Using Wireless Network Monitoring Software
Wireless network monitoring software can be used to examine your own wireless network and look for other nearby networks that may cause interference. There are many wireless network analyzers. Nirsoft’s WirelessNetView is a program that runs in the background, and monitors the activity of wireless networks around you. For each detected network, it displays the following information: SSID, Authentication Algorithm, Cipher Algorithm, MAC Address, Channel Frequency, Channel Number, and more. Nirsoft’s Wireless Network Watcher is a program that scans your wireless network and displays the list of all computers and devices that are currently connected to your network. For every computer or device that is connected to your network, the following information is displayed: IP address, MAC
