Course Length:

5 Days

Course Description:

This course is instructor-led training and includes instructor assisted, hands-on labs. The Implementing Cisco Unified Wireless Networking Essentials training class is designed to help you prepare for the CCNA Wireless certification, an associate level certification in the wireless field. The goal of the IUWNE is to provide you with information to prepare you to help design, install, configure, monitor and conduct basic troubleshooting tasks of a Cisco WLAN in small and medium-sized business and enterprise installations. The IUWNE training class reinforces the instruction by providing you with hands-on labs that range from creating an ad-hoc network and analyzing the communication, configuring a controller, configure and migrate standalone access points (APs), install and configure a Mobility Express Wireless Controller and AP, experiment with connections and roaming, configure Extensible Authentication Protocol-Flexible Authentication via Secure Tunneling (EAP-FAST) authentication with Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA), configure the controller and the AP from the Cisco Wireless Control System (WCS) interface, add a map to the WCS, enhance it with the Map editor tool and locate the AP on the map, backup the controller configuration, as well as troubleshooting issues introduced by the instructor.

Who Should Attend:

The Implementing Cisco Unified Wireless Network Essentials course is targeted to Network Engineers, Network Administrators, Network Managers, System Engineers, WLAN designers, Project Managers, and any individual wishing to attain the CCNP-Wireless level.

Benefits of Attendance:

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Describe the fundamentals of wireless technologies
• Install and configure a WLAN controller, in the main Cisco Unified Wireless Networks line or Mobility Express
• Install the ADU and configure wireless clients
• Configure wireless security
• Manage the network with WCS
• Use the controller and WCS tools to troubleshoot a wireless network

Prerequisites:

Students should have their Cisco Certified Networking Associate certification- CCNA.

Course Outline:

• Module 0 -- Course Introduction
• Module 1 – Wireless Fundamentals
  1. Lab 1-1: Familiarization with Antennae And Ranges
  2. Lab 1-2: EIRP Calculation and Antenna Choice
  3. Lab 1-3: Creating and Ad-hoc (IBSS) Network and Analyzing the Communication
• Module 2 – Basic Cisco WLAN Installation
  1. Lab 2-1: Configure A Controller
  2. Lab 2-2: Configuring And Migrating Standalone Access Points
  3. Lab 2-3: Installing And Configuring A Mobility Express Wireless Controller And Access Point
• Module 3 – Wireless Clients
  1. Lab 3-1: Installing And Using The ADU
  2. Lab 3-2: Experimenting with Connections And Roaming
• Module 4 – WLAN Security
  1. Lab 4-1: 802.1Q and Web Authentication
  2. Lab 4-2: Configure EAP-FAST Authentication
• Module 5 – WCS Administration
  1. Lab 5-1: Configuring Controllers And Access Points From The WCS
  2. Lab 5-2: Working With Maps
  3. Lab 5-3: Monitor The Network And Containing Devices
• Module 6 – WLAN Maintenance and Troubleshooting
  1. Lab 6-1: Backup The Controller Configuration
  2. Lab 6-2: Troubleshooting
  3. Lab 6-3: Troubleshooting With Wireshark And Converting and Access Point to Autonomous Mode (Optional)