Duration: 5 Days
In this course, you will prepare for the CCNA Wireless certification, an associate-level certification and a prerequisite to the Cisco Certified Networking Professional (CCNP) Wireless curriculum. You will learn to use, position, plan, implement, and operate Cisco WLAN networks. Through hands-on labs, you will gain the information and practice necessary to prepare to design, install, configure, monitor, and conduct basic troubleshooting tasks of a Cisco WLAN in SMB and Enterprise installations.
For the classroom version of this course, laptops are provided to participate in the hands-on labs. If you'd prefer to use your own laptop, please ensure the laptop has an Ethernet port as well as an internal wireless NIC, 802.11a/b/g/n. For laptops running on Windows Vista or Windows 7, please include a terminal emulator such as HyperTerminal or ensure that you have administrator rights to the laptop to install software used in class.
What You Will Learn
- Wireless fundamentals, such as topologies, RF principles and math, antennae, spread spectrum technologies, frames and physics, wireless regulatory bodies, standards and certifications, and the non-802.11f wireless technologies and their impact on Wi-Fi
- Cisco Unified Wireless Networks basics and how to configure a Cisco Unified Wireless Network controller and a Cisco Mobility Express controller
- Configure default operating system wireless client configuration tools
- Use the Cisco Aironet Desktop Utility, Site Survey Utility, and the Cisco Secure Services Client (SSC)
- Cisco Compatible Extensions program
- Configure wireless security
- Manage the wireless network from the Cisco Wireless Control System (WCS)
- Maintain and troubleshoot wireless networks
Audience
- Network engineers, network administrators, network managers, and system engineers
- WLAN designers, planners, implementers, and optimizers
- Anyone wishing to attain the CCNP Wireless certification
Prerequistes
Course Outline
1. Wireless Fundamentals
- Wireless Networks and Topologies
- Wireless LANs RF Principles
- Radio Frequency Mathematics
- Antennae
- Spread Spectrum Technologies
- Wireless Regulatory Bodies, Standards, and Certifications
- Wireless Media Access
- Non-802.11 Wireless Technologies and their Impact on WLANs
- The Journey of a Wireless Frame
- Design and Site Survey Considerations
2. Install a Basic Cisco Wireless LAN
- Cisco Unified Wireless Network Architecture Basics
- Configure a Controller
- Discover and Associate with a Controller
- AP Operational Modes
- Roaming
- Manage the Network from the Controller
- Configure and Migrate Standalone Access Points
3. Install Wireless Clients
- Use Default Configuration Tools
- Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client
- The Cisco Compatible Extensions Program
4. Implement Basic WLAN Security
- WLAN Security
- Establish IEEE 802.11 Security
- Centralize WLAN Authentication
- EAP Authentications
- Manage Authentication and Encryption with WPA and WPA2
- Configure Wireless Security on Controllers and Clients
5. Operate Basic WCS
- WCS And Cisco WCS Navigator
- Install Cisco WCS Interface
- Controllers from Cisco WCS
- WCS: Work with Pre-Configured Maps
- WCS: Monitor the Network with Cisco WCS
- WCS: Work with CleanAir in Cisco WCS
6. Conduct Basic WLAN Maintenance and Troubleshooting
- Maintain the System
- Troubleshoot
Course Labs
