What's included
This market-leading course from Planet3 Wireless Inc. and LEVER Technology Group PLC includes:
- 44 hours of expert Instructor-led tuition
- Extensive hands-on practical labs
- Official CWNA Self-Study Guide
- Official 500-page CWNA Course Guide training materials
- Additonal course materials developed by LEVER covering Cisco Aironet Wireless LANs and Wireless Site Survey
- 5-star lunches, refreshments, sodas, etc.
- State-of-the-art training environment and equipment
- Broadband Internet access, fax and telephony services
- Certificate of attendance following course completion
- Lifetime Post-Course Support.
Hands-on Practicals
A major benefit for individuals that attend this course, and for their companies, is the hands-on access to the widest range of corporate-grade wireless hardware and security products in the UK. The course provides the perfect opportunity to assess leading products from a diverse range of vendors, including Cisco, Proxim, Symbol, Buffalo, D-Link, Colubris Networks, Microsoft, WildPackets, Air Magnet, Ekahau, Funk Software, and more.
Course benefits
This latest-edition course from LEVER Technology Group PLC provides probably the most comprehensive hands-on practical coverage of IEEE 802.11 WLAN technologies available, in a 5-day fast-track format.
The course incorporates some 44 hours of training, comprising 34 lecture modules, and more than twelve hands-on practical labs, working with enterprise-grade equipment from Cisco, Proxim, Symbol, Colubris and more.
The course provides expert guidance on Wireless LAN site survey, product selection, equipment installation, wireless network configuration, support, wireless LAN security and troubleshooting.
The course combines the lecture modules and hands-on lab exercises from the Certrified Wireless Network Administrator (CWNA) course with additional material, lecture modules and labs which cover the
Cisco Aironet Wireless LANs and Wireless Site Survey curriculum (which includes Aironet Wireless LAN Fundamentals [AWLF] plus Cisco Aironet Wireless Site Survey [CAWS]).
Multi-Vendor Skills
Our training gives you experience with equipment from several leading vendors, not just one, including Cisco Systems, Symbol Technologies, Proxim, Orinoco, Colubris Networks, Linksys, D-Link, Netgear, AirMagnet, WildPackets, Funk Software, Microsoft and more.
Delegates also learn about the very latest innovations and developments across the complete range of wireless LAN industry vendors.
Lifetime Post-Course Support
After completing this course, delegates receive lifetime post-training support from LEVER Technology Group PLC, to help them apply the technologies and skills they have learned with us, to provide career-long support, and to ensure they are better equipped for their future roles in IT and networking.
 Enhanced CWNA course
This course features additional course modules and hands-on practical labs, developed exclusively by LEVER Technology Group PLC, to cover the additonal material which prepares students for the Cisco Wireless LAN for System Engineers exam (WLANSE).
Certification
On successful completion of the course, delegates will be prepared for both the CWNA Certification Exam (Exam #PW0-100) and the Cisco Wireless LAN for System Engineers exam (WLANSE) (including exam 642-582 WLANFE),both of which can be taken at Prometric Testing Centres around the World.
Who should attend?
- IT professionals and network engineers responsible for installing or supporting 802.11 Wireless networks.
- IT professionals wanting to progress into the wireless network industry.
- Network planners, designers and support staff.
- IT Security staff, managers and auditors.
- Technical sales and technical engineers that will be designing, selling and installing wireless LANs.
- Technical individuals that will be tasked with performing site surveys for Wireless LAN solution implementations.
Course Pre-requisites
Prior to joining the course, students should have a good understanding of Ethernet LANs and their operation, TCP/IP protocols, IP addressing and practical experience with Microsoft Windows 2000 or Windows XP.
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Objectives
On completing this course, you will be able to:
- Understand and apply the essential concepts of Radio Frequency (RF) technology, including RF planning, RF-related calculations and spread spectrum technologies.
- Understand the fundamental operation of wireless LANs, for effective WLAN problem analysis and troubleshooting.
- Describe the rules governing wireless LANs, to comply with local radio regulations for setup and maintenance of WLANs.
- Correctly install, configure and support wireless NICs, access points, wireless bridges, workgroup bridges, wireless gateways and WLAN antennas from Cisco Systems, Proxim Inc, Orinoco, Colubris Networks and more.
- Analyse and troubleshoot WLAN problems in-depth, including RF coverage, multipath, hidden nodes and interference problems
- Work with sophisticated WLAN diagnostic tools such as AirMagnet and WildPackets AiroPeek NX.
- Perform a site survey for the installation of WLANs.
- Understand the insecurities in IEEE 802.11 WLANs.
- Identify the attacks that can occur from network hackers.
- Secure the transmission of data over a wireless LAN using WEP and Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA).
- Secure wireless LANs using Cisco LEAP, TKIP and MIC.
- Secure wireless LANs using generic 802.1x/EAP on access points from a range of manufacturers.
- Secure wireless LANs using VPN tunelling and encryption techniques including PPTP and IPSec.
- Conduct essential security surveys to assess the presence and vulnerabilities of WLANs.
- Install and configure the following Cisco Aironet products:
- Cisco Aironet 1200 Access Points
- Cisco Aironet 350 Wireless Bridges
- Cisco Aironet 350 Workgroup Bridges
- Cisco Aironet 802.11a/b/g CardBus Wireless LAN Client Adapters and the Aironet Desktop Utility (ADU)
- Cisco Aironet 350 Cisco Aironet 350 Wireless LAN Client Adapters and the Aironet Client Utility (ACU).
- Configure Cisco Secure Access Control Server (ACS) for Windows, to support wireless network authentication.
- Configure Cisco LEAP and Cisco FAST wireless authentication.
Hands-on practical labs
The course incorporates more than twelve hands-on practical labs, many of which have been developed and enhanced by ourselves and are unique to LEVER.
Course Content
The thirty three course modules include:
- Introduction to Wireless LANs
- Organisations and Vendors
- Standards and Applications
- Radio Frequency (RF) fundamentals
- Spread Spectrum technologies
- Access Points, Service Sets, and the Distribution System
- Wireless Bridges
- Wireless Ad Hoc networks
- Antennas and Accessories
- RF Propagation
- Wireless network Organisations and Standards
- 802.11 Network Architecture
- Physical and MAC Layers
- Bandwidth Control, Network Management and AAA
- Routers, Gateways, Switches, and VoWi-Fi
- Troubleshooting Wireless LANs
- Wireless LAN Security
- WLAN security solutions
- VPN-based security solutions
- RF Site Surveys
- Configuring Cisco Aironet 1200 Access Points
- Configuring Cisco Aironet 350 Wireless Bridges
- Configuring the Cisco Aironet 350 Workgroup Bridge
- Configuring Cisco Secure Access Control Server (ACS) for Windows
- Configuring Cisco LEAP and FAST authentication for Wireless Clients.
- Cisco Aironet Wireless Site Survey
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