CCNA Wireless Training Boot Camp

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• Cisco MESH Access Points
• Cisco A/B/G Client Cards
• Cisco A/B/G Software Supplement
• Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC)
• Cisco Wireless LAN Control System

**Students are required to bring their wireless enabled laptops with them to class. In addition the student must be capable of establishing a console connection via a DB-9 serial link. Follow this link for USB to Serial adapters.

Lab Topology

Students should possess the Cisco® Certified Network Associate (CCNA) certification or the equivalent knowledge and/or working knowledge of basic network security and a solid grasp of TCP/IP and fundamental networking concepts.

**Students are required to bring their wireless enabled laptops with them to class. In addition the student must be capable of establishing a console connection via a DB-9 serial link. Follow this link for USB to Serial adapters.

The CCNA Wireless course is 4 days of lecture (Tuesday – Friday) and one day of review and testing (Friday). The following list is an approximate day-by-day breakdown of the course:

Tuesday
Describe WLAN fundamentals

• Describe basics of spread spectrum technology (modulation, DSS, OFDM, MIMO, Channels reuse and overlap, Rate-shifting, CSMA/CA)
• Describe the impact of various wireless technologies (Bluetooth, WiMAX, ZigBee, cordless phone)
• Describe wireless regulatory bodies, standards and certifications (FCC, ETSI, 802.11a/b/g/n, WiFi Alliance)
• Describe WLAN RF principles (antenna types, RF gain/loss, EIRP, refraction, reflection, ETC)
• Describe networking technologies used in wireless (SSID --> WLAN_ID --> Interface -- >VLAN, 802.1q trunking)
• Describe wireless topologies (IBSS, BSS, ESS, Point-to-Point, Point-to-Multipoint, basic Mesh, bridging)
• Describe 802.11 authentication and encryption methods (Open, Shared, 802.1X, EAP, TKIP, AES)
• Describe frame types (associated/unassociated, management, control, data)

Install a basic Cisco wireless LAN

• Describe the basics of the Cisco Unified Wireless Network architecture (Split MAC, LWAPP, stand-alone AP versus controller-based AP, specific hardware examples)
• Describe the Cisco Mobility Express Wireless architecture (Smart Business Communication System -- SBCS, Cisco Config Agent -- CCA, 526WLC, 521AP - stand-alone and controller-based)
• Describe the modes of controller-based AP deployment (local, monitor, HREAP, sniffer, rogue detector, bridge)
• Describe controller-based AP discovery and association (OTAP, DHCP, DNS, Master-Controller, Primary-Secondary-Tertiary, n+1 redundancy)
• Describe roaming (Layer 2 and Layer 3, intra-controller and inter-controller, mobility groups)
• Configure a WLAN controller and access points WLC: ports, interfaces, WLANs, NTP, CLI and Web UI, CLI wizard, LAG AP: Channel, Power
• Configure the basics of a stand-alone access point (no lab) (Express setup, basic security)
• Describe RRM

Wednesday
Install Wireless Clients

• Describe client OS WLAN configuration (Windows, Apple, and Linux.)
• Install Cisco ADU
• Describe basic CSSC
• Describe CCX versions 1 through 5

Implement basic WLAN Security

• Describe the general framework of wireless security and security components (authentication, encryption, MFP, IPS)
• Describe and configure authentication methods (Guest, PSK, 802.1X, WPA/WPA2 with EAP- TLS, EAP-FAST, PEAP, LEAP)
• Describe and configure encryption methods (WPA/WPA2 with TKIP, AES)
• Describe and configure the different sources of authentication (PSK, EAP-local or -external, Radius)

Thursday
Operate basic WCS

• Describe key features of WCS and Navigator (versions and licensing)
• Install/upgrade WCS and configure basic administration parameters (ports, O/S version, strong passwords, service vs. application)
• Configure controllers and APs (using the Configuration tab not templates)
• Configure and use maps in the WCS (add campus, building, floor, maps, position AP)
• Use the WCS monitor tab and alarm summary to verify the WLAN operations

Friday Morning
Conduct basic WLAN Maintenance and Troubleshooting

• Identify basic WLAN troubleshooting methods for controllers, access points, and clients methodologies
• Describe basic RF deployment considerations related to site survey design of data or VoWLAN applications, Common RF interference sources such as devices, building material, AP location Basic RF site survey design related to channel reuse, signal strength, cell overlap
• Describe the use of WLC show, debug and logging
• Describe the use of the WCS client troubleshooting tool
• Transfer WLC config and O/S using maintenance tools and commands
• Describe and differentiate WLC WLAN management access methods (console port, CLI, telnet, ssh, http, https, wired versus wireless management)

Friday Afternoon

Review and Testing

The Implementing Cisco Unified Wireless Network Essential exam (IUWNE) 640-721 is offered onsite on the last day of class in Dallas if you are ready. If you choose not to take the exam on that Friday afternoon, a voucher will be emailed to you upon your request.

The best chance for success on the first attempt is to test the Monday or Tuesday after the class concludes, utilizing the weekend to work with the software tools we will send home with you.

Recertification

The CCNA Wireless certification is valid for three years. To recertify you must complete one of the following:

• Pass any current CCNA concentration exam (wireless, security, voice) or current CCDA
• Pass a current 642 professional exam
• Pass the current CCIE written exam or the current CCDE written exam

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Todd Lammle has been involved in computers and networking with Fortune 500 companies for over 20 years. His hands-on experience has been instrumental in designing his unique way of making complex and difficult-to-understand networking concepts easy and fun to learn.

In his 20 plus years of wireless, Ethernet, LAN and fiber optics experience, Todd has worked for large corporations such as Hughes Aircraft, Xerox, Texaco, and IBM. In 1986, while at Xerox, he met pioneers Len and Sandy Bosack, the designers of one of the first delivered Cisco® gateway products to Xerox. He had the privilege of working on this original box by using it to connect the Xerox X.25 packet switching network to the large SNA network.

Todd also achieved his FCC RF license and provided technical support for the Xerox worldwide satellite network. His Wireless knowledge was further augmented, while studying at UCLA where he focused on implementing and troubleshooting microwave, infrared, and satellite communication networks worldwide.

Todd also worked on some of the first Ethernet_II LAN networks installed at Xerox. He then moved on to one of the largest private fiber networks in the world working for Hughes Aircraft connecting the first Cisco® routers to their large network.

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