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Understanding Cisco Wireless Foundations (WLFNDU)

Length 5 days
Version 2.0

Course overview

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Why study this course

This course teaches you the knowledge and skills needed 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 40 Continuing Education (CE) credits towards recertification.

Digital courseware: Cisco provides students with electronic courseware for this course. Students who have a confirmed booking will be sent an email prior to the course start date, with a link to create an account via learningspace.cisco.com before they attend their first day of class. Please note that any electronic courseware or labs will not be available (visible) until the first day of the class.

Exam Vouchers: Cisco exam vouchers are not included in the course fees but can be purchased separately where applicable.

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What you’ll learn

After taking this course, you should be able 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 centralised wireless networks using Cisco 9800 WLC
Describe the centralised wireless access model and its configuration
Describe maintenance and troubleshooting in the centralised WLAN model
Describe the management and monitoring of Cisco Wireless Networks with Cisco DNA Center

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Who is the course for?

Network engineer
Systems engineer
Wireless engineer
Technical solutions architect
Network administrator
Wireless design engineer
Network manager

Course subjects

RF and WLAN Theory
WLAN Math and Antennas
Wi-Fi Operations
Basic WLAN Security
Advanced WLAN Security
Configuring WLAN Security
Cisco Wireless Network Architecture
Implementing Cisco Wireless Network
Implementing Cisco Wireless Network Wired Support
Deploying Cisco Centralised Wireless Networks
Configuring Cisco Centralised Wireless Networks
Maintaining and Troubleshooting Cisco Wireless Networks
Managing and Monitoring Cisco Wireless Networks with Cisco DNA Center

Lab Outline

Practice RF Math
Antenna Calculations
Explore the Wi-Fi Environment
Analyse Wireless Frames
Configure Client Access
Deploy Cisco 9800 WLC
Configure Cisco 9800 WLC
Perform Cisco 9800 WLC Maintenance

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

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Terms & Conditions

The supply of this course by Lumify Work is governed by the booking terms and conditions. Please read the terms and conditions carefully before enrolling in this course, as enrolment in the course is conditional on acceptance of these terms and conditions.