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Cisco Aironet Wireless Networking
This course has been designed as an introduction to Wireless LANs and focuses on the configuration of basic parameters for a variety of Cisco Aironet 802.11 compliant devices such as Access Points, Wireless Bridges and LAN Client Adapters. Devices supporting both Cisco IOS and HTTP based GUI are described and delegates will complete configuration exercises on a selection of products.
The purpose of this course is to describe the operation and configuration of a limited selection of Cisco Aironet products and also includes information relevant to conducting a Wireless Site Survey.
Prerequisites
Delegates should have a basic theoretical knowledge of TCP/IP and LAN basics and ideally should have attended Cisco’s CCNA Intro course or similar.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this class, participants will be able to:
- Understand Wireless LAN Concepts
- Identify the hardware associated with Cisco Wireless LANs
- Understand the Operation of Wireless LANs
- Understand Wireless LAN Security
- Troubleshoot Basic Wireless LAN Problems
- Configure selected Cisco Wireless LAN products
- Perform a simple Wireless LAN Site Survey
Who Should Attend
Network support engineers and administrators who need configuration skills using, Cisco Aironet Wireless Products. This course provides the foundations for those who wish to carry out a site surveys, Install and Maintain Wireless Networks.
Course Outline
- OSI 7-Layer Communications Model
- Data-Link Layer (Ethernet Frame)
- Data-Link Layer (IEEE 802.3 Frame)
- IBSS (Independent Basic Service Set)
- BSS (Basic Service Set)
- ESS (Extended Service Set)
- CSMA/CA
- Frame Fragmentation
- Accessing the Radio Medium
- The Probe Process
- Authentication
- AssociationPower Save Operation
- The 802.11 MAC Frame
- 802.11 Physical Layer Standards
- Frequency Range and Channel Allocation
- WLAN Security
- Encryption – WEP
- Open Authentication
- Shared Authentication
- MAC Address Authentication
- WLAN Security
- Encryption – WEP
- Open – Shared and MAC Address Authentication
- WLAN Security with WPA
- LEAP - Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol
- TKIP – Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
- Mobility – Roaming
- WLAN Deployment
- WLAN Site Survey
- Cisco Aironet Hardware
The key learning points from each topic will be applied through the completion of practical exercises. This will provide for the re-enforcement of techniques learned during the course lectures. Delegates will work either individually or in pairs to complete the practical exercises.
Class Length
Two days
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