Understanding Cisco Wireless Foundations (WLFNDU)
Course Overview
The Understanding Cisco Wireless Foundations (WLFNDU) v1.0 course gives you the knowledge and skills you need to position, plan, implement, operate, and manage a Cisco WLAN network. This course teaches you how to design, install, configure, monitor, and conduct basic troubleshooting tasks on a Cisco WLAN network of any size.
Course Content
- Describing and Implementing Foundational Wireless Theory
- Describing and Implementing Foundational Wireless Math and Antennas
- Describing and Implementing Foundational Wireless Operation
- Describing and Implementing Basic Wireless Security
- Describing and Implementing 802.1X and EAP
- Implementing Wireless Guest Access and Configuring Wireless Security
- Describing and Implementing Cisco Wireless Network Architecture
- Describing and Implementing Cisco Wireless Network
- Describing and Implementing Cisco Wireless Network Wired Support
- Configuring Cisco Centralized Wireless Networks
- Describing and Implementing WLAN Maintenance and Troubleshooting
Lab Outline
- Explore the Physics of Wi-Fi
- Explore the Wi-Fi Environment
- Analyze Wireless Frames
- Configure Client Access
- Configure the Wired Infrastructure
- Configure a Centralized Cisco WLC Deployment
- Configure a Centralized WLAN Deployment
- Configure an IPv6 Operation in a Centralized WLAN Deployment
- Optimize RF Conditions and Performance for Clients
- Perform Centralized Controller Maintenance
- Use Troubleshooting Tools
Who should attend
- Network engineer
- Systems engineer
- Wireless engineer
- Technical solutions architect
- Network administrator
- Wireless design engineer
- Network manager
Prerequisites
We recommend but do not require that you have the following knowledge and skills before taking this course
- General knowledge of networks
- General knowledge of wireless networks
- Routing and switching knowledge
- Wireless fundamentals at the !FL-WFUN course level
Course Objectives
After taking this course, you should be able to:
- Describe and implement foundational wireless theory
- Describe and implement basic wireless security and client access
- Describe and implement a Cisco wireless network architecture
- Configure Cisco centralized wireless networks
- Describe and implement WLAN maintenance and troubleshooting
This course 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
Outline: Understanding Cisco Wireless Foundations (WLFNDU)
Section 1: Describing and Implementing Foundational Wireless Theory
- Wireless Fundamentals
- RF Principles
Section 2: Describing and Implementing Foundational Wireless Math and Antennas
- RF Mathematics
- Activity 1: Practice RF Math
- Antenna Characteristics
- Activity 2: Antenna Calculations
Section 3: Describing and Implementing Foundational Wireless Operation
- Spread Spectrum Technology Basics
- Discovery 3: Explore the Wi-Fi Environment
- Wireless Media Access
- Discovery 4: Analyze Wireless Frames
- Wireless Governance
Section 4: Describing and Implementing Basic Wireless Security
- Wireless Security Components
- IEEE 802.11 Security
Section 5: Describing and Implementing 802.1X and EAP
- IEEE 802.1X and EAP Frameworks
- EAP Authentication
- Wi-Fi Alliance WPA, WPA2, and WPA3 Security
Section 6: Implementing Wireless Guest Access and Configuring Wireless Security
- Provide Guest Access
- Configure Native Operating Systems for WLAN Connectivity
- Configure Smart Handheld Clients
- Discovery 5: Configure Client Access
Section 7: Describing and Implementing Cisco Wireless Network Architecture
- Cisco Wireless Network Deployment Options
- Cisco Wireless Management
- Cisco Policy Control
Section 8: Describing and Implementing Cisco Wireless Network
- Cisco Enterprise Wireless Network
- Mobility Architecture Concepts
Section 9: Describing and Implementing Cisco Wireless Network Wired Support
- Layer 2 Infrastructure Support
- Wired Infrastructure Protocols That Support Wireless
- Discovery 6: Configure the Wired Infrastructure
Section 10: Configuring Cisco Centralized Wireless Networks Objectives:
- Describe the centralized wireless access model and its configuration
- Initialize a Centralized Cisco WLC
- Discovery 7: Configure a Centralized Cisco WLC Deployment
- AP Initialization
- Discovery 8: Configure a Centralized WLAN Deployment on Cisco 3504 WLC
- Discovery 9: Configure a Centralized WLAN Deployment on Cisco 9800 WLC
- Implement IPv6 in a Cisco Wireless Environment
- Discovery 10: Configure an IPv6 Operation in a Centralized WLAN Deployment
- Describe Roaming in the Centralized Architecture
- Optimize RF conditions and performance for clients
- Discovery 11: Optimize RF Conditions and Performance for Clients
Section 11: Describing and Implementing WLAN Maintenance and Troubleshooting
- Describe WLAN Maintenance
- Discovery 12: Perform Centralized Controller Maintenance
- Describe the WLAN Troubleshooting Methodology
- Explain WLAN Troubleshooting Tools
- Discovery 13: Use Troubleshooting Tools
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Schedule
This is an Instructor-Led Classroom course
Instructor-led Online Training:
This is an Instructor-Led Online (ILO) course. These sessions are conducted via WebEx in a VoIP environment and require an Internet Connection and headset with microphone connected to your computer or laptop.
This is a FLEX course, which is delivered simultaneously in two modalities. Choose to attend the Instructor-Led Online (ILO) virtual session or Instructor-Led Classroom (ILT) session.
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