UNIT 1 – INTRODUCTION TO WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY

• Wireless LAN Standards
• Extending Wired LANs
• Mobility
• Small and Home Offices
• Summary

UNIT 2 – RADIO FREQUENCY TECHNOLOGY

• Gain and Reflection
• Refraction, Diffraction and Scattering
• Absorption and VWSR
• Antenna Line of Sight
• Antenna Gain and EIRP
• Radio Frequency Math
• Watts and Decibels
• Gain and Loss Measurements
• Conversion Examples
• Summary

UNIT 3 – SPREAD SPECTRUM TECHNOLOGY

• RF Bands
• Unlicensed Bands
• Spread Spectrum
• Radio Modulation
• Direct Sequence and Frequency Hopping
• DS vs. FH
• Channel Sets
• Summary

UNIT 4 – ACCESS POINTS

• Access Point Modes
• Modular Radio Cards
• Management and Configuration
• Wireless Bridge Modes
• Client Devices
• Configure Client Devices
• Wireless Residential Gateways
• Setup a Client
• Aironet Client Utility
• Summary

UNIT 5 – ANTENNAS

• Omni and Semi Directional
• Highly Directional
• Polarization and Gain
• Free Space Path Loss
• Placement and Mounting
• Alignment and Safety
• PoE Devices and WLAN Accessories
• Cables, Adapters and Testing
• Summary

UNIT 6 – STANDARDS

• Industrial, Scientific and Medical
• P2P and P2MP
• IEEE Standards
• Wi-Fi (802.11)
• Wi-Fi Alliance
• Other WLAN Organizations
• Summary

UNIT 7 – NETWORK ARCHITECTURE

• WLAN Authentication
• Forms of Authentication
• 802.1x and EAP
• VPN and Service Sets
• Roaming
• Connectivity and Re-association
• Using VLANS
• Power Management
• Setup Ad Hoc Mode
• Aironet Client Utility
• Summary

UNIT 8 – MAC AND PHYSICAL LAYERS

• WLAN and Ethernet Frames
• Collisions
• Fragmentation
• Coordination Function and Interframe Space
• Slot Times
• Tying it Together
• Summary

UNIT 9 – SECURITY

• Encryption Suites
• WEP Issues
• 802.11i – WPA/2
• Types of Attack
• War Driving Tools
• Inherent Problems
• Authentication Types
• Security Policy
• Wireless DMZ
• Network Stumbler
• Client Defense
• Hot Spot Defense Kit
• Configure Cisco Client Wireless Adapter
• Access Point Express Setup
• Change the Access Point Radio Channel
• Configure the Access Point to Radius Security
• Client Network Authentication Setup Wired Equivalent Privacy Encryption Setup
• Setup New Access Point FTP Filter
• Summary

UNIT 10 – TROUBLESHOOTING

• Multipath
• Hidden Node
• Near/Far and Throughput
• Throughput Solutions
• Interference
• Channel/Co-Channel
• Summary

UNIT 11 – SITE SURVEY

• Preparation
• Facility
• Existing Network
• Business Requirements
• Throughput and Roaming
• Site Survey Equipment
• Coverage
• Documentation
• Summary