Overview
The Understanding Cisco Wireless Foundations (WLFNDU) training teaches you the knowledge and skills you need to configure, manage, and troubleshoot a Cisco wireless LAN (WLAN) network. Topics include understanding critical aspects of RF technology, industry standards for Wi-Fi and security, how to design, install, and configure a WLAN network of any size, and using Cisco DNA Center.
This training also earns you 30 Continuing Education (CE) credits towards recertification.
How You'll Benefit
This training will help you:
- Learn the skills, technologies, and best practices needed to manage a Cisco WLAN network
- Understand and implement a Cisco wireless network architecture
- Design and implement WLAN maintenance and troubleshooting solutions
Prerequisites
Before taking this offering, you should have:
- General knowledge of networks
- General knowledge of wireless networks
- Routing and switching knowledge
We recommend prior attendance of the course:
Who should attend
- Network engineer
- Systems engineer
- Wireless engineer
- Technical solutions architect
- Network administrator
- Wireless design engineer
- Network manager
Delegates will learn how to
- Describe and implement foundational wireless theory
- Describe and implement foundational wireless math and antennas
- Describe and implement foundational wireless operation including Wi-Fi 6
- Describe security and client access in a wireless network
- Implement 802.1X and Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)
- Implement wireless guest access and configure wireless security
- Describe Cisco wireless architecture components and deployment options
- Describe Cisco wireless architecture and its deployment modes, the Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP) protocol, and the Cisco WLC and AP line up
- Describe the wired support for implementing wireless networks
- Deploy Cisco centralized wireless networks using Cisco 9800 WLC
- Describe the centralized wireless access model and its configuration
- Describe maintenance and troubleshooting in the centralized WLAN model
- Describe the management and monitoring of Cisco Wireless Networks with Cisco DNA Center
Outline
- Module 1: RF and WLAN Theory
- Module 2: WLAN Math and Antennas
- Module 3: Wi-Fi Operations
- Module 4: Basic WLAN Security
- Module 5: Advanced WLAN Security
- Module 6: Configuring WLAN Security
- Module 7: Cisco Wireless Network Architecture
- Module 8: Implementing Cisco Wireless Network
- Module 9: Implementing Cisco Wireless Network Wired Support
- Module 10: Deploying Cisco Centralized Wireless Networks
- Module 11: Configuring Cisco Centralized Wireless Networks
- Module 12: Maintaining and Troubleshooting Cisco Wireless Networks
- Module 13: Managing and Monitoring Cisco Wireless Networks with Cisco DNA Center
Our lab utilizes physical access points (9120, 3802) as well as physical wireless clients. This allows further exploration of the dashboard.
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