Week 3 iLab: Mixed 11b/11g WLAN Performance 1

iLab Grading Rubric

Category Points Description
MIXED 11B/11G WLAN PERFORMANCE 70 points
Questions 110 (5 points each)


Conclusion (20 points)


50


20

Answer each question in one or more
college-level sentences.

Minimum two paragraphs that summarizes
your learning and concludes your
accomplishments in the lab.
Total 70 A quality paper will meet or exceed all of
the above requirements.

Deliverables
IMPORTANT: A report template is provided beginning on the next page, and you must use it to submit
your assignment. Before submitting your assignment, delete the pages containing the instruction and
rubric.
Your submitted assignment should begin with the Title Page and only contain your report. Dont forget to
place your name, your professors name, and the date on the Title Page.
Running Head: MIXED 11B/11G WLAN PERFORMANCE 1

Week 3 iLab Report
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DeVry University
NETW360: Wireless Technologies and Services

MIXED 11B/11G WLAN PERFORMANCE

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Mixed 11b/11g WLAN Performance
Specific questions from iLab
Guidelines
Answer each of the following questions using the sequence and data from the iLab
instructions. Answer all questions in full college-level sentences.

1. In your opinion, what is the purpose of our dropping the transmit power to such a low level?



2. What do access point connectivity statistics collected for the roaming station show?



3. What do you think the Wireless LAN control traffic received by the roaming 11b node when it is in the
engineering building is composed of?



4. How much did our roaming node reduce the total throughput in our heavily loaded WLAN?



5. What caused this reduction in goodput on the 11g WLAN?



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General questions concerning mixing 11b and 11g clients
Guidelines
Answer each of the following questions using knowledge gained from the iLab, readings from
the textbook, and individual research on the Web. Answer all questions in full college-level
sentences and paragraphs.

6. Supposedly, 802.11b is backwards compatible with 802.11g, yet this lab demonstrates there are
significant problems with allowing the two to coexist. What is the primary incompatibility between b
and g?


7. There is another mechanism besides RTS/CTS that helps the incompatibility. Explain briefly the
difference between RTS/CTS and CTS-to-self and when each is used.


8. What is the protection scheme talked about in the standard? In short, how do 11g nodes know that
an 11b node is associating and how is CCK involved?


9. In addition to the added overhead of the RTS/CTS scheme, what else causes the drop in throughput
you see? Are there other factors that can affect the throughput?


10. In situations where 802.11g and 802.11b are coexisting, what steps might you take to minimize the
impact of the presence of the legacy nodes?

Conclusion
Guidelines
Minimum of two paragraphs that describe the following:
What you accomplished in the assignment or iLab
What you learned from performing it
How it relates to this weeks TCOs and course material
How you feel it will benefit you in your academic and professional career
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References

Guidelines
Include all references used to complete this iLab. This must be in APA format.