CECS 474 Computer Network Interoperability
Assignment 5
Due Monday, March 23, 2009 (by the end of lab)
802.11 Wireless Networks – Part A
I. Preliminaries
Choose a team of 4-5 people with whom you will work on this assignment. (Please balance
the number of people on your teams.) List the members of your team:
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What computers are your team using? ___________________________________
II. Instructions
As a team, answer the questions in Section III concerning wireless networks.
To answer the questions you may use:
1) the wireless NIC and access point documentation,
2) the World Wide Web, and
3) the equipment available in our lab to perform experiments to answer the questions,
whenever possible.
Your answers should discuss the experiments you have performed and information you have
gathered.
1) Be sure to cite your references.
2) Do not simply quote answers from the wireless NIC documentation, explain what the
answer means.
3) You should use the time in lab to experiment with wireless networks and research their
behavior.
Turn in only one copy of this assignment for your entire group.
Dr. Tracy Bradley Maples (Spring 2009)
