IC1331: IUWNE - Implementing Cisco Unified Wireless Networking Essentials

Course Length: 40 hrs

Prerequisites: CCENT or CCNA certification.

Price: $2595

Format: Onsite, online

In this course, you will prepare for the CCNA Wireless certification, an associate-level certification and a prerequisite to the Cisco Certified Networking Professional (CCNP) Wireless curriculum. You will learn to use, position, plan, implement, and operate Cisco WLAN networks. Through hands-on labs, you will gain the information and practice necessary to prepare to design, install, configure, monitor, and conduct basic troubleshooting tasks of a Cisco WLAN in small/medium businesses and enterprise installations.

Topics Covered:

• Wireless fundamentals, such as topologies, RF principles and math, antennae, spread spectrum technologies, frames and physics, wireless regulatory bodies, standards and certifications, and the non-802.11f wireless technologies and their impact on Wi-Fi
• Cisco Unified Wireless Networks basics and how to configure a Cisco Unified Wireless Network controller and a Cisco Mobility Express controller
• Configure default operating system wireless client configuration tools
• Use the Cisco Aironet Desktop Utility, Site Survey Utility, and the Cisco Secure Services Client (SSC)
• Cisco Compatible Extensions program
• Configure wireless security
• Manage the wireless network from the Cisco Wireless Control System (WCS)
• Maintain and troubleshoot wireless networks

Course Outline:

1. Wireless Fundamentals

• Wireless Networks and Topologies
• Wireless LANs RF Principles
• Radio Frequency Mathematics
• Antennae
• Spread Spectrum Technologies
• Wireless Regulatory Bodies, Standards, and Certifications
• Wireless Media Access
• Non-802.11 Wireless Technologies and their Impact on WLANs
• The Journey of a Wireless Frame
• Design and Site Survey Considerations

2. Install a Basic Cisco Wireless LAN

• Cisco Unified Wireless Network Architecture Basics
• Configure a Controller
• Discover and Associate with a Controller
• AP Operational Modes
• Roaming
• Manage the Network from the Controller
• Configure and Migrate Standalone Access Points

3. Install Wireless Clients

• Use Default Configuration Tools
• Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client
• The Cisco Compatible Extensions Program

4. Implement Basic WLAN Security

• WLAN Security
• Establish IEEE 802.11 Security
• Centralize WLAN Authentication
• EAP Authentications
• Manage Authentication and Encryption with WPA and WPA2
• Configure Wireless Security on Controllers and Clients

5. Operate Basic WCS

• WCS And Cisco WCS Navigator
• Install Cisco WCS Interface
• Controllers from Cisco WCS
• WCS: Work with Pre-Configured Maps
• WCS: Monitor the Network with Cisco WCS
• WCS: Work with CleanAir in Cisco WCS

6. Conduct Basic WLAN Maintenance and Troubleshooting

• Maintain the System
• Troubleshoot