WLAN and Networking Industry Organizations
Wi-Fi related organizations, the IEEE, PHY amendments,
802.11 amendments and Wi-Fi alliance, PoE (802.3)
RF Characteristics and Behavior
Electromagnetic spectrum, wavelength, amplitude and
other RF characteristics, reflection, refraction and other RF
behavior, RF propagation and basic types of modulation
RF Mathematics and Measurements
RF units of measure, basic RF mathematics, RF signal
measurements, understand link budgets, antennas and
hardware, RF units of measure, types of antennas and
antenna systems commonly used with 802.11 WLANs,
antenna polarization and gain, antenna implementation,
types of antenna cables, connectors and other accessories
802.11 PHYs and Network Types
802.11 PHYs and network types, 802.11 frequency bands,
802.11 channels explained, OSI model layers and Wi-Fi,
802.11 physical layers (PHYs), throughput vs. data rate, RF
modulation methods, 802.11 use case scenarios, WLAN
operating modes including BSS, ESS and roaming
802.11 Network Devices
Access point features and capabilities, AP and WLAN
management systems, wireless monitoring systems
(analytics), WLAN controller functionality, network
architecture planes, WLAN bridging, client devices, client
device os configuration and power over ethernet (PoE)
functionality
802.11 MAC Operations
802.11 frames, frame aggregation, guard interval, general
frame format, PHY preamble, management, control and
data frames and locating WLANs
802.11 Channel Access Methods
Differences between CSMA/CD and CSMA/CA,
distributed coordination function (DCF), network
allocation vector (NAV), clear channel assessment (CCA),
interframe spacing (IFS), contention window (CW), quality
of service in 802.11 WLANs, hybrid coordination function
(HCF) and additional control frames and protection modes
WLAN Network Architectures
Control, management and data planes, WLAN controller
solutions, network architectures, rf channel planning,
service set configurations and cell sizing and interference
WLAN Requirements and Solutions
Explore WLAN deployment scenarios, BYOD and guest
access, mobile device management, radio resource
management (RRM) and other automatic RF management
solutions and additional management features
Security Solutions for WLANs
Additional authentication features, deprecated standard
security, weak security mechanisms, pre-shared key and
IEEE 802.1X/EAP, wireless intrusion prevention systems
(WIPS), protocol and spectrum analysis for security and
using secure protocols
Site Surveys, Network Design and Validation
Survey processes, understanding requirements, verify
design requirements, documentation, locating interference,
spectrum analysis, application and throughput testing and
protocol analysis
WLAN Troubleshooting
CWNP troubleshooting methodology, protocol
analysis troubleshooting features, spectrum analysis
troubleshooting features, RF interference, hidden nodes
and connectivity problems
Remote Lab Familiarization
Overview, task 1: navigate the GigaWave remote lab,
task 2: navigate the interactive diagram page and task 3:
closing the lab
Lab 1: Visualizing RF Principles
Activity objective, visual objective, required resources, task
1: prepare the client laptop in the remote lab, task 2: use
Ekahau to visualize free space path loss, task 3: use Ekahau
to visualize attenuation and task 4: closing the lab
Lab 2: RF Mathematics
Activity objective, required resources, task 1: complete
these power conversions, task 2: calculate EIRP and task 3:
calculate a link budget
Lab 3: Visualizing Antenna Patterns
Activity objective, required resources, task 1: open the FSPL
file in Ekahau, task 2: use various 2.4 antenna and observe
the change in RF coverage and closing the lab
Lab 4: 802.11 Basics
Activity objective, task 1: analyze wireless frames and
task 2: closing the lab
Lab 5: Initialize an Autonomous WLAN Deployment
Activity objective, task 1: configure an autonomous AP via
CLI, task 2: configure your standalone AP from the GUI and
task 3: closing the lab
Lab 6: Configure Security on Autonomous AP WLAN Deployment
Activity objective, task 1: configure the autonomous AP for
PSK, task 2: configure Windows 7 client to connect to the
Pod-X-Auto using PSK, task 3: add a local radius client to
the autonomous AP, task 4: configure local RADIUS server
on the autonomous AP, task 5: configure an SSID for local
EAP on the autonomous AP, task 6: configure the Windows
supplicant and Task 7: closing the lab
Lab 7: Configuring the WLC Central Switch WLAN Deployment
Activity objective, task 1: prepare the client laptop in the
remote lab, task 2: review and modify management access,
task 3: review AP status, task 4: configure a WLAN, task 5:
associate the client, task 6: disassociate the client and task
7: closing the lab
Lab 8: Configuring Security in a Centralized WLAN Deployment
Activity objective, task 1: configure the data WLAN for
PSK, task 2: configure the wireless client to connect to the
PSK WLAN, task 3: modify the WLAN to support WPA2
with 802.1X authentication, task 4: configure the client and
access the network, task 5: modify the WLAN to support
WebAuth, task 6: create a local net user, task 7: connect the
client to the WebAuth WLAN and task 8: closing the lab
Lab 9: Implement a WLC Local Switch WLAN Deployment Activity
Activity objective, task 1: configure the controller, task 2:
connect to the WLAN and task 3: closing the lab
Lab 10: Configure Security on a Cloud WLAN Deployment
Activity objective, task 1: implement PSK authentication on
a cloud WLAN deployment, task 2: implement local EAPPEAP
on a cloud WLAN deployment, task 3: implement
WebAuth on a cloud WLAN deployment and task 4:
disable SSIDs on the cloud WLAN deployment
Lab 11: Perform Wi-Fi Scanning
Activity objective, topology, task 1: enable metageek
insider, task 2: review 2.4 GHz activity, task 3: review 5
GHz activity and task 4: close the lab
Lab 12: Perform a Predictive WLAN Design
Activity objective, task 1: familiarization with Ekahau Site
Survey Pro + Planner, task 2: perform a basic predictive
WLAN design using a single floor layout and task 3:
closing the lab
Lab 13: Perform Passive Site Survey
Activity objective, task 1: configure AP for spectrum expert
AP mode of operation, task 2: configure Cisco Spectrum
Expert – Spectrum Analyzer Software and task 3: closing
the lab