Understanding Cisco Wireless Foundations

The Understanding Cisco Wireless Foundations (WLFNDU) training gives you the knowledge and skills you need to position, plan, implement, operate, and manage a Cisco® wireless LAN (WLAN) network. This training teaches you how to design, install, configure, monitor, and conduct basic troubleshooting tasks on a Cisco WLAN network of any size. 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

Who should enroll

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

Technology areas

• Enterprise networking
• Wireless networking

Objectives

• 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

Prerequisites

We recommend but do not require that you have the following knowledge and skills before taking this training:

• General knowledge of networks
• General knowledge of wireless networks
• Routing and switching knowledge

Lab outline

• Practice RF Math
• Antenna Calculations
• Explore the Wi-Fi Environment
• Analyze Wireless Frames
• Configure Client Access
• Configure the Wired Infrastructure
• Configure a Centralized Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) Deployment
• Configure a Centralized WLAN Deployment on Cisco 3504 WLC
• Configure a Centralized WLAN Deployment on Cisco 9800 WLC
• Configure an IPv6 Operation in a Centralized WLAN Deployment
• Optimize RF Conditions and Performance for Clients
• Perform Centralized Controller Maintenance
• Use Troubleshooting Tools