Certified Wireless Network Administrator
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The CWNA certification is the foundation-level enterprise Wi-Fi certification for the CWNP Program. Achieving it sets your wireless career on a firm foundation, ensuring you have the skills to successfully survey, install, and administer enterprise Wi-Fi networks.
Objectives
- Radio frequency properties, behaviors, and regulations, and how they affect networking
- Wireless standards, including 802.11 extensions a, b, g, and n
- General troubleshooting tips to common real-world 802.11n issues
- General parameters for performing a successful site survey, along with software tools that reduce time and expense
- Device-level Wi-Fi communications processes
- Why 802.11n networks operate the way they do and how to apply that knowledge when faced with problems that stump most network administrators
- Using wireless network analyzers to capture live data and pinpoint potential network issues
- How using radio frequency makes wireless networks vulnerable
- Most common wireless threats and how to detect and defend against them
- Wireless security standards for keeping unauthorized users out and maintaining wireless data privacy
- Applying WPA2 security standards, including 802.1X/EAP and AES, along with the devices used to apply them
- Wireless intrusion detection and why it's essential for maintaining a secure network
- Lab 1. WLAN Client Management
- Lab 2. WLAN Protocol Analyzers
- Lab 3. WLAN Channel Analyzers
- Lab 4. Spectrum Analyzer Setup: WiSpy with Chanalyzer
- Lab 5. WLAN Configuration: WPA2 Enterprise
- Lab 6. Wireless IDS Setup
- Lab 7. Connection Analysis
- Lab 8. Performance Analysis
- Lab 9. VoWLAN Setup and Testing
- Lab 10. Roaming
- Lab 11. Site Survey: Planning and Simulation
- Lab 12. Site Survey: Live Coverage Mapping
Target Audience
In this hands-on course, you will gain a full understanding of how radio frequency affects networking so you can perform site surveys, design a high-performance network, and protect both users and sensitive data from potential intruders. Plus, you will explore advanced topics such as VoWLAN deployments, seamless mobile connectivity, and detailed wireless frame analysis. You will use enterprise-class hardware and software tools during live lab exercises, simulating a state-of-the-art production environment.
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Modules
Prerequisites
It is recommended that all students have at least a basic knowledge of networking (as exhibited in Net+, CCNA®, CNA, or MCP) prior to enrolling in the course.
