Summary
This chapter provided you with detailed instructions on how to set up your own wireless lab. Also, in the process, you have learned the basic steps towards:
Installing BackTrack on your hard drive and exploring other options like VMware and USB
Configuring your access point over the web interface
Understanding and using several commands to configure and use your wireless card
How to verify the connection state between the wireless client and the access point
It is important that you gain confidence in configuring the system. If not, it is advisable that you repeat these examples a couple of times. In later chapters, we will be designing more complicated scenarios.
In the next chapter, we will learn about the inherent insecurities in WLANs because of design. We will be using the network analyzer tool Wireshark to understand these concepts in a practical way.
