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Implementing and Troubleshooting Wi-Fi Networks: Hands-On

 
Course: 371   Type: Hands-On Training   Duration: 5 Days
 
 

You Will Learn How To

  • Install, configure and troubleshoot a wireless LAN
  • Survey, troubleshoot and optimize Wi-Fi LANs for speed and coverage
  • Establish large-scale networks with multiple access points and roaming
  • Build, deploy and integrate enterprise WLANs
  • Secure data with wireless encryption standards and virtual private networks
  • Restrict access with authentication protocols

Course Benefits

Wi-Fi networks are the dominant global standard for wireless LANs. Efficiently installing and maintaining these networks requires skilled professionals. In this course, you gain the skills to deploy, troubleshoot and secure wireless networks, and to make informed decisions about Wi-Fi technologies and products. You learn how the technology works and how to plan, optimize and extend the network beyond short range.

Who Should Attend

Anyone involved in evaluating, planning, designing or implementing Wi-Fi wireless networks. Course 450, "Networking Comprehensive Introduction," is assumed.

Hands-On Training

You'll gain hands-on experience implementing and troubleshooting Wi-Fi networks. Exercises include:
  • Installing and configuring an access point
  • Capturing 802.11 packet data
  • Optimizing data rate and output power
  • Measuring and reducing interference
  • Benchmarking and comparing throughput
  • Performing a site survey
  • Encrypting wireless data with WPA and VPN tunnels
  • Authenticating wireless users with EAP
  • Deploying multiple access points and repeaters
  • Connecting to mobile applications

Related Courses

 
Wi-Fi is a registered trademark of the Wi-Fi Alliance. 		 

Upcoming Dates

Sep 22 - 26, 2008
 Washington, DC (Rockville, MD)
Oct 20 - 24, 2008
 Ottawa
Dec 1 - 5, 2008
 New York
Jan 26 - 30, 2009
 Washington, DC (Reston, VA)
Apr 27 - May 1, 2009
 Ottawa
May 18 - 22, 2009
 New York

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Implementing and Troubleshooting Wi-Fi Networks: Hands-On

 
Course: 371   Type: Hands-On Training   Duration: 5 Days
 
 
Course 371 Content
 

The Wireless LAN Revolution

Advantages of Wi-Fi networks

  • Mobility
  • Flexibility
  • Scalability
  • Cost
  • Compatibility

Installing a basic Wi-Fi network

  • Configuring adapters and access points
  • Establishing shared Internet connections
  • Integrating with wired LANs

Wireless Network Fundamentals

Choosing Wi-Fi standards

  • 802.11a, g and n
  • Radio bands
  • Channels
  • Range
  • Regulations
  • 802.11n
  • MIMO

Assessing Wi-Fi operation

  • Capturing beacons and probes
  • Defining authentication and association
  • Evaluating spread spectrum techniques

Troubleshooting and Optimization

Performing a site survey

  • Scanning Wi-Fi channels
  • Measuring signal strength
  • Attenuation effects of building materials

Eliminating interference

  • Broadband vs. narrowband
  • Detecting channel interference
  • Limiting 802.11g and 802.11n interference

Optimizing coverage topography

  • Configuring rate-shifting options
  • Controlling transmitter power
  • Fine-tuning access point deployment
  • Increasing coverage with Mesh Networks and Repeaters

Mitigating hidden node problems

  • Avoiding congestion effects
  • Setting RTS/CTS thresholds

Planning & Deploying Large-Scale Networks

Extending range with antennas

  • Comparing antenna characteristics
  • Omni
  • Yagi
  • Parabolic
  • Panel
  • Choosing antenna cabling and hardware

Deploying multiple access points

  • Creating the Extended Service Set (ESS)
  • Fast Secure Roaming (FSR) and 802.11r
  • Backhaul with 802.16 Wi-Max
  • Exploiting site-planning software

Integrating with enterprise networks

  • Point-to-point and multipoint links
  • Calculating a Link Budget
  • Wireless and workgroup bridges
  • Merging with Cisco VLANs
  • Central control with WLAN switches and gateways

Securing the Network

Assessing network vulnerabilities

  • Employing network analysis tools
  • Capturing unencrypted data

Enabling data encryption

  • Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)
  • Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA2) and 802.11i
  • Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP)
  • Measuring encryption overhead

Ensuring privacy with VPN technologies

  • Implementing a short-range VPN
  • Tunneling through the wireless LAN
  • Configuring the VPN server and client
  • Examining the routing table

Invoking enterprise authentication

  • Controlling access by MAC address
  • Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)
  • Connecting to a RADIUS server

Increasing Mobile Productivity

Building custom multitier applications

  • Rich-client or browser interfaces
  • VS 2005 vs. Java micro edition

Assessing application case studies

  • Mobile inventory applications
  • User interface choices
  • Mobile access to Microsoft SharePoint
  • Voice over IP (VoIP) applications
  • Quality of Service (QoS) with 802.11e

Creating Public Access Points

  • Finding and connecting to public hotspots
  • Setting up a local hotspot
  • Identifying payment models
  • Authenticating users with captive portals
  • Operational support system (OSS) choices
 
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Implementing and Troubleshooting Wi-Fi Networks: Hands-On Tuition

 
Course: 371   Type: Hands-On Training   Duration: 5 Days
 
 

Course Tuition
$ 2,950 Standard Tuition
Tuition with a Savings Plan
$ 1,580 10-Day Pass
$ 1,665 Training Passport
$ 1,830 Flex-Pass
$ 2,095 Voucher 10-Pack
$ 2,655 Alumni Gold Discount
$ 2,620 Government Discount
 

 

Your Course Tuition Entitles You To...

  • Class participation
  • Team workshops
  • Use of in-class hands-on equipment
  • Comprehensive course materials
  • Morning and afternoon refreshments
  • Course Completion Certificate awarding Continuing Education Units
  • FREE participation in Professional Certification
  • FREE participation in College Credit programs (including related exams)
  
 

Tuition Savings Plans

Training Passport
  • 3 courses in 12 months
  • As little as $1,665 per course
  • Savings as much as 40%
  • Only $4,990
Flex Pass
  • 3 courses in 24 months
  • As little as $1,830 per course
  • Save as much as 35%
10-Day Pass
  • A NEW way to save on training
  • 10 days of training for one person
  • Save as much as $1,070 per course
  • Only $3,950
Training Vouchers
  • Save as much as $960 per course
  • Fully transferable
  • As low as $2,095 per course
Alumni Gold Discount Attend your first course and you'll receive a personalized Alumni Gold Discount card, entitling you to save as much as $295 on each course you take within the following 12 months. Take just one course each year and you'll be entitled to ongoing discounts...year after year!

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