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About this LearnSmart Video Training:
Gain in-depth Wireless knowledge from industry-leading instructor Tom Carpenter. Tom combines technical knowledge with real-world experience to help you learn, retain, and apply the skills taught in this comprehensive training product. When you complete this training, you'll understand the wireless standards and how they impact your network, and be prepared to pass the CWNA certification exam (PW0-104).


Learn Everything for Wireless Network Administration
Use Wireless Network Administration (PW0-104) LearnSmart Video Training to learn all of the wireless networking skills you need to pass your CWNA® certification exam. When you complete this CBT course, you'll be an expert on the following "must-know" wireless networking skills for your certification :

Session 1
Section A: Wireless Networking Certification
  • Overview
  • Exam Prerequisites
  • Who Should Become Certified?
  • Exam Preparation

Section B: What is Wireless Technology?
  • Wireless Devices
  • Necessity of Wires
  • Wireless Benefits
  • Wireless Problems

Section C: Wireless History and Standards
  • Wireless History
  • Recent Milestones
  • Regulations and Standards

Section D: Three Major Roles of Wireless LANs
  • Access Role
  • Distribution Role
  • Core Role
  • Role Decisions

Section E: Uses of Wireless Technology
  • Mobility in Corporations
  • Education
  • Health Care
  • Network Extension
  • Building-to-Building
  • Last Mile Delivery
  • External Mobility
  • Small / Home Offices
  • Mobile Offices
  • Metropolitan Area Wireless
  • Public Hotspots

Section F: Wireless Acronyms
  • Wireless Terminology
  • FCC
  • IEEE
  • Wi-Fi Alliance

Section G: Working Groups
  • 802.11 Standards
  • 802.15 and 802.16 Standards

Section H: What is Radio Frequency?
  • Understanding RF
  • Wave Attributes
  • Sending Data
  • RF Analogies
  • Polarization

Section I: Radio Frequency Behaviors
  • Gain
  • Reflection
  • Refraction
  • Diffraction
  • Scattering
  • Absorption
  • Dealing with RF Behavior
  • Understanding VSWR
  • VSWR Measurements

Session 2
Section A: Radio Frequency Functionality
  • Intentional Radiator
  • Understanding EIRP
  • Configuring Antenna Power
  • Understanding Modulation
  • Encoding vs. Modulation

Section B: Understanding Radio Frequency Math
  • Importance of Power Calculation
  • Understanding Watts
  • Understanding Milliwatts
  • Understanding Decibels
  • Calculation Samples

Section C: Calculating Radio Frequency Power
  • Normalizing the Decibel
  • Decibel Charts
  • Isotropic Radiator
  • Calculating Antenna Gain
  • Measuring Signal Strength
  • RSSI

Section D: Antenna Types
  • Principles
  • Omnidirectional
  • Semi-directional
  • Highly Directional
  • Sectorized and Phased Array

Section E: Choosing the Right Antenna
  • Azimuth and Elevation Charts
  • Antenna Gain
  • Line of Sight
  • Fresnel Zone
  • Earth Bulge
  • Free Space Path Loss
  • Link Budget / SOM

Section F: Antenna Installation
  • Placement
  • Mounting
  • Appropriate Use
  • Orientation and Alignment
  • Safety
  • Maintenance

Section G: FCC Regulations
  • Overview
  • Connectors
  • Antenna Choice
  • Smart Antennas

Section H: Antenna Accessories
  • Amplifiers
  • Attenuators
  • Grounding Rods / Wires
  • Lightning Arrestors
  • RF Cables
  • RF Connectors
  • RF Signal Splitters
  • RF Pigtails and Frequency Converters

Session 3
Section A: Spreading Spread Spectrum
  • Overview
  • Benefits of Spread Spectrum
  • FCC Specifications
  • Understanding FHSS
  • Understanding DSSS
  • Comparing FHSS and DSSS
  • Understanding OFDM
  • Comparing Systems
  • Understanding Bands

Section B: Understanding Access Points
  • Acquiring Hardware
  • Access Points
  • Access Point Modes
  • Access Point Options
  • SOHO / Enterprise Features

Section C: Configuring Access Points
  • Configuring Cisco 1200 Access Points
  • Configuring D-Link Access Points

Section D: Wireless Routers, Bridges, and Switches
  • Wireless LAN Routers
  • Wireless LAN Bridges
  • Aligning LAN Bridges
  • Wireless Workgroup Bridges
  • Wireless Residential Gateways
  • Wireless LAN Switches

Section E: Enterprise Devices
  • Understanding PoE
  • Enterprise Wireless Gateways
  • Enterprise Encryption Gateways
  • Wireless LAN Mesh Routers

Section F: Wireless LAN Client Devices
  • PCMCIA and Compact Flash Cards
  • Ethernet and Serial Converters
  • USB Devices
  • PCI and Mini-PCI Cards
  • Common Options
  • Demonstrating Hardware
  • Using Client Utilities

Section G: Wireless LAN Service Sets
  • IBSS / Ad-Hoc Mode Network
  • BSS / Infrastructure Mode
  • ESS

Section H: Network Connectivity
  • Locating a Wireless LAN
  • Passive Scanning
  • Active Scanning
  • 802.11 State Machine
  • Power Saving Mode
  • Roaming

Session 4
Section A: 802.11 MAC and PHY Layers
  • OSI and 802.11
  • Frame Types
  • Frame Transmission
  • DCF and PCF
  • The PCF Process
  • Understanding QoS

Section B: Communication Processes
  • Understanding RTS / CTS
  • Configuring RTS / CTS
  • CTS-to-Self and Fragmentation
  • Dynamic Rate Selection

Section C: Vulnerabilities and Attacks
  • Attack Methods
  • Types of Attackers

Section D: Security Policies
  • Importance of Security
  • General Security Policy
  • Functional Security Policy
  • Recommendations

Section E: Network Authentication and Association
  • Authentication
  • Open System
  • Shared Key
  • Configuring WEP Key

Section F: Security Technologies
  • Configuring SSID
  • Configuring MAC Filters

Section G: Advanced Security Technologies
  • Understanding TKIP
  • 802.1x/EAP Framework
  • WPA, WPA2, and 802.11i
  • VPN Solutions
  • Application Layer Security
  • Portals and Firewalls
  • Rogue Access Points
  • WIDS

Session 5
Section A: Troubleshooting Wireless Networks
  • Multipath
  • Hidden Nodes
  • Near / Far Stations
  • RF Interference
  • Narrowband / All-Band Interference
  • Weather Interference

Section B: Wireless Design
  • Design Steps
  • Importance of Site Surveys

Section C: Site Survey Preparation
  • Preparation Analysis
  • Preparation Checklist

Section D: Site Survey Equipment
  • Overview
  • Equipment Checklist

Section E: Site Survey Technical and Reporting
  • Technical Focus
  • Reporting Procedures

Section F: Manual Site Surveys
  • Indoor Surveys
  • Outdoor Surveys
  • Important Questions
  • RF Info Gathering

Section G: Automated Site Surveys
  • Tools
  • Post-Install



LearnSmart Video Training is so effective because it specifically meets the needs of the people who need it most. LearnSmart helps busy people learn everything they need to pass the exam without spending a lot of money, or sacrificing a lot of time at work or at home.

You'll learn every topic, objective and domain from the most experienced IT trainers. And it's easy to use and engaging, so you can learn whenever and wherever you get the chance. Skip your classes, use LearnSmart Video Training and never open a book again.
 

CWNP (PW0-104)

CWNA LearnSmart Video Training

Item: 011824
 21 Hours of Instruction
 1 DVD-ROM (or 5 CDs)
 Self-paced learning
 Industry expert instructors
 Money Back Guarantee
 
just $480
 

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  • 16-bit sound card
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