Wireless Networks and Security

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Table of Contents
Abstract............................................................................................................................................2
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
History of WLAN........................................................................................................................3
Network components...................................................................................................................4
Outline of the report.....................................................................................................................4
Analyze............................................................................................................................................4
Design..............................................................................................................................................5
Campus Overview........................................................................................................................5
Proposed wireless design.............................................................................................................6
Evaluation/Justification...................................................................................................................8
Wireless network security techniques.............................................................................................9
Future recommendations...............................................................................................................10
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................10
References......................................................................................................................................11

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Abstract
In the current 21st century wireless network have impacted the world significantly. The
network has continued to develop which have resulted to a significant growth of wireless
networks. Android phones is currently under huge wireless network systems as people use
mobile phones on daily basis to exchange information and to communicate with each other. In
Jan 2019, wireless network have started to be used for positioning as well, so as to enable the
provision of location oriented services to the computer end-users. In addition to this, complex
attacks have emerged against wireless network which have resulted to having a difficulty in
managing wireless networks. Some companies such as Cisco have introduced a number of
security practices and also illustrated the need of implementing security tools which is under
WLAN. The major aim of this paper is to implement IEEE 802.1X standard over wireless and
the best way of deploying this standard is through several considerations which will be discussed
in this project paper. This will result to secured wireless LAN for students use.
Introduction
One of the universities in Australia want to install WLAN services in a small campus
with limited number of users. The institution want to extend internet services from the current
wired network using several access points installed in various locations. The major
considerations is to have a high data speed between wireless network and wired network. The
university proposes to have the best tools like WPA3 for providing high quality network
security. These tools assist someone to protect the organization network with high-speed data
transmission and large network coverage.

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History of WLAN
The first wireless network was developed in 1970 by the University of Hawaii. It was
until 1991 when the IEEE started discussing the WLAN technologies. In 1997 the IEEE the
ratified the initial 802.11 standard and in 1999 the IEEE introduced the first wireless network
which was referred to as nice to have with major ratifications of 802.11a and 802.11 b. It was
then in 2003 when mobile devices started utilizing Wi-Fi. Later 802.11g was ratified to
delivering up to 54Mbps.
Network components
There are various wireless components which are used in wireless networks. The major
components used are routers, switches, and Cisco access points. The access points which will be
greatly utilized in this project contains radio card which communicates with other wireless
devices. The router is specifically used to choose the best link to send packets [1].
Outline of the report
This paper will have three major parts which are designing a WLAN design for a campus.
In here the paper will also state how to secure the network using WPA2 technique. Second the
paper will list the security requirements for wireless network for campus stated in the case study.
Lastly, the paper will provide 802.1x authentication mechanism which is required for wireless
network. The diagram was developed using Ms visio 2013. For a good wireless design, this
paper went for canopy design.
Analyze
Wireless network security is the prevention of unauthorized access of organization data
or damage to computers which also include Wi-Fi networks. To start with wireless standard was
developed in September 1999 to offer the same level of security as wired network. Nevertheless,