Overview:
This five days hands-on course is designed for professionals who want to secure, plan, manage, and protect their wireless LANs using AirMagnet's planning and troubleshooting solutions. Attendees will have on-hands experience with the following AirMagnet products:
- Spectrum XT
- Spectrum ES
- AirCheck Wi-Fi Tester
- WiFi Analyzer PRO
- Survey PRO w/Planner
- VoFi Analyzer
- AirMagnet Enterprise
This course covers all of the critical elements of how AirMagnet's entire product line addresses the life cycle of wireless LANs: strategic WLAN design, planning and optimization, troubleshooting for both WiFi and non-WiFi related issues (i.e. spectrum), and wireless LAN security and compliance reporting.
The course is delivered through a combination of lecture-based instruction and hands-on exercises designed to reinforce the student's knowledge of key wireless administration skills. At end of the course, each attendee receives a classroom completion certificate.
Prerequisites: Before taking this course, participants should have a general understanding of LAN technologies and topologies, the OSI Reference Model, and function of network devices (Hubs, Switches, Routers, VLANs, Collision Domains, Broadcast Domains, etc).
A CWNA certification is recommended but not required.
Course Equipment: Laptops will be provided with a copy of the entire AirMagnet Mobile Suite. Labs will be run in teams of two. You may bring your copy of AirMagnet Mobile Tools.
Day One - RF & Spectrum Analysis
- Introduction to RF Math
- RF Understanding WLAN Interference
- RF Spectrum Analysis
- Understanding RF Propagation Resource
- Antennas for Unlicensed Band Communications
- Signaling
- Using AirMagnet Spectrum XT
Day Two - Working with Wi-Fi
- AirMagnet WiFi Overview
- AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer PRO
- The Data Link Layer
- 802.11n WLAN Fundamentals
- Rogue Devices
- Using WiFi Analyzer to Troubleshoot
- Using WiFi Analyzer Reporting Functions
Day Three - Designing the WLAN
- WLAN Designs
- Site Survey Basics
- AP Coexistence
- Understanding RF Range Boundaries
- Pre-Deployment Design
- Survey Install & Configuration
- Using Planner Software
Day Four - Validating the WLAN Deployment
- Survey Install & Configuration
- Using Survey PRO w/Planner
- Interpreting Survey Data
- Reporting Survey Data
- 802.11n Essentials
- Meeting advanced design requirements
- Viewing & Analyzing Multi-Floor Surveys
- Site Survey report Assignment
Day Five - Maintaining the WLAN and AirMagnet Enterprise
- Wireless Intrusion Prevention Systems (WIPS) Lesson
- WLAN Troubleshooting
- AirMagnet Enterprise Overview
- VoFi Analyzer