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CWNA - Certified Wireless Network Administrator
The wireless network market continues to grow at a rapid pace. Properly trained and certified individuals are needed to make wireless networks secure, cost-effective, and reliable. Develop highly demanded wireless networking skills through our instructor-led training, including classroom lecture, demonstration and hands-on lab. Our industry-experienced instructors train you on the skills necessary to perform in the real world. In addition, this course prepares students for the industry leading wireless certification, CWNA.
Our top-notch information technology and computer training meets the growing demands of the Portland Metro area including Vancouver (WA), Southwestern Washington, and Salem, Oregon communities.
"If any one technology has emerged in the past few years that will be explosive in its impact it's 802.11."
-Bill Gates, Microsoft
Overview:
This course provides an overview of Wireless Local Area Network technology and hands-on experience using WLAN equipment and software. Lectures, demonstrations and hands-on labs help you understand and deploy wireless LANs. You also learn about 802.11 Wireless LANs, RF Fundamentals, installation and troubleshooting of wireless LANs, and wireless security.
Audience & Prerequisite: This course targets both novice and experienced networking professionals who wish to gain a solid understanding of wireless networking to complement their knowledge of traditional wired networking.
For more
details, please contact our Technical Adviser at 503-725-2395 or email
it@pdx.edu.
COURSE OUTLINE:
Radio Frequency (RF) Fundamentals
- RF behavior
and properties
- Principles
of antennas
- RF math
calculations
- Link budgets and system operating margins
- Uses of
Spread Spectrum
- Frequency
Hopping (FHSS)
- Direct
Sequencing (DSSS)
- Orthogonal
Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM)
- Packet
Binary Convolutional Coding (PBCC)
- Comparing
DSSS, FHSS, PBCC, and OFDM
- Co-location
and throughput analysis
- Chipping
code, processing gain, and spreading functions
- Channels,
data rates, ranges, and comparisons
- Channel reuse in pure and mixed environments
Hardware Installation, Configuration, and Management
- Access
points
- Wireless
bridges
- Wireless
workgroup bridges
- Client
devices and accessories
- Residential
gateways
- Enterprise
gateways
- Wireless
LAN switches
- PoE Switches
and patch panels
- VoWiFi
systems
- Wireless Routers
Troubleshooting Wireless LANs
- Multipath
- Hidden
node
- Near/Far
- Identifying
and resolving interference problems
- Maximizing
system throughput
- Maximizing
co-location throughput
- Range considerations
Antennas and Accessories
- Omni-directional
- Semi-directional
- Highly-directional
- Determining
coverage areas
- Proper
mounting and safety
- Performing
outdoor/indoor installations
- Power
over Ethernet (802.3af and proprietary implementations)
- Cables
and connector usage requirements
- Amplifiers,
attenuators, lightning arrestors, and splitters
- Fresnel
Zones and Free Space Path Loss
- Interference, Fading, and Multipath
Wireless Network Management
- Authentication,
Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) functions
- Bandwidth
control
- Wireless Network Management features and products
- Differences
between wireless and Ethernet frames
- Collision
handling and the use of RTS/CTS
- Throughput
and dynamic rate selection
- Analysis
of DCF mode and the CSMA/CA protocol
- How frame fragmentation works and its affects on throughput
- Analysis
of 802.11 security including WEP, WPA, 802.1x/EAP types, and 802.11i
- Available
security solutions at Layer2, 3, & 7
- Types
of network attacks, and protecting the network from attacks
- Corporate
security policies including baseline practices, and common security
solutions
- Security recommendations
Organizations and Standards
- FCC rules
- Frequency
ranges and channels
- IEEE 802.11
family of standards
- Wireless
LAN organizations
- Proper
application of WLANs in distribution and access roles
- Interoperability standards
802.11 Network Architecture
- Joining
a wireless LAN
- Authentication
and association
- Basic
Service Sets
- Extended
Service Sets
- Independent
Basic Service Sets
- Distribution
systems
- Roaming
in a wireless LAN
- Scanning
modes using Beacons and Probe Frames
- Power management features
- Understanding
the need for a site survey
- Defining
business requirements and justification
- Facility
analysis
- Interviewing
network management and users
- Identifying
bandwidth requirements
- Determining
contours of RF coverage
- Documenting
installation problems
- Locating
interference
- Reporting
methodology and procedures
- Understanding
specifics of each vertical market
- Understanding
the customer's network topology
- Creating
appropriate documentation during and after the site survey
- Understanding
FCC/FAA rules regarding towers
- Understanding
safety hazards
- Using
appropriate hardware and software to perform the survey
