The Wireless Networks Administration workshop equips participants with knowledge of Radio Frequency (RF) and 802.11 technology essentials along with installing, configuring, monitoring, and basic troubleshooting skills needed to support Small Medium Business and Enterprise wireless networks.

CONTENT

Wireless Site Survey

• Collect design requirements and evaluate constraints
• Describe material attenuation and its effect on wireless design
• Perform and analyze a Layer 1 site survey
• Perform a pre-deployment site survey
• Perform a post deployment site survey
• Perform a predictive site survey
• Utilize planning tools and evaluate key network metrics

Wired and Wireless Infrastructure

• Determine physical infrastructure requirements such as AP power, cabling, switch port capacity, mounting, and grounding
• Determine logical infrastructure requirements such as WLC/AP licensing requirements based on the type of wireless architecture
• Design radio management
• Apply design requirements for these types of wireless networks
• Design high-density wireless networks and their associated components (campus, lecture halls, conference rooms)
• Design wireless bridging (mesh)

Mobility

• Design mobility groups based on mobility roles
• Optimize client roaming
• Validate mobility tunneling for data and control path

WLAN High Availability

• Design high availability for controllers
• Design high availability for APs

QoS on a Wireless Network

• Implement QoS schemes based on requirements including wired to wireless mapping
• Implement QoS for wireless clients
• Implement AVC including Fastlane (only on WLC)

Device Hardening

• Implement device access controls (including RADIUS and TACACS+)
• Implement access point authentication (including 802.1X)

Monitoring

• Utilize reports on PI and Cisco DNA center
• Manage alarms and rogues (APs and clients)
• Manage RF interferers
• Troubleshoot client connectivity

Location Services

• Deploy MSE and CMX on a wireless network
• Implement location services
• Implement CMX components
• Detect and locate
• Implement location-aware guest services using custom portal and Facebook Wi-Fi
• Troubleshoot location accuracy using Cisco Hyperlocation
• Troubleshoot CMX high availability
• Implement wIPS using MSE

Security for Wireless Client Connectivity

• Configure client profiling on WLC and ISE
• Implement BYOD and guest
• Implement 802.1X and AAA on different wireless architectures and ISE
• Implement Identity-Based Networking on different wireless architectures (VLANs, QoS, ACLs)

FOR WHOM: Auditors, Computer Executives, Internal Control Officers, CIOs, IT Development Managers, Heads of Department, System Administrators/Engineers, IT Professionals,  and Security department managers who form part of the contingency planning or review team.

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

The training methodology combines lectures, discussions, group exercises and illustrations. Participants will gain both theoretical and practical knowledge of the topics. The emphasis is on the practical application of the topics and as a result participant will go back to the workplace with both the ability and the confidence to apply the techniques learned to their duties.

This course is available in the following locations:
Nigeria - $5500
Rwanda - $7500
UK - $8500
USA - $8500