Cisco Wireless Network Training

Investigate how physical objects affect radio frequency signals through reflection, absorption, scattering, refraction, and diffraction, causing attenuation and multipath effects in indoor and outdoor environments, including MIMO considerations.

Compare antenna features and types to optimize wireless coverage, from omnidirectional and directional designs to high-gain parabolic and Yagi antennas, with polarization and beamwidth considerations.

Compare autonomous, lightweight, and cloud-based access point architectures, showing how APs bridge wireless devices to the wired network with management VLANs, trunk ports, capwap tunnels, and centralized control.

Explore access point modes including local, monitor, sniffer, bridge, and flex connect; learn how each mode handles interference, fake access points, spectrum analysis, and local-traffic operation without a central WLC.

Explore layer 2 and layer 3 WLAN roaming as you learn how wireless LAN controllers manage mobility groups, switch access points, and preserve client IP addresses across VLANs.

Configure dhcp, dns, and option 43 for capwap discovery, then enable flex connect and proper vlan switching so access points register and clients receive vlan 30 ips.

Explore wireless client authentication methods from open and web options to 802.1x EAP methods, including LEAP, EAP-fast, EAP-tls, and PEAP, emphasizing mutual authentication with certificates.

Learn to authenticate wifi users with an LDAP server via AAA web authentication, configuring LDAP, wireless LANs, VLAN 50, and LDAP-based access as a Radius alternative.

Configure the autonomous access point, log in, and create an ssid with wpa2 pre-shared key. Publish the ssid, enable five gigahertz, save configuration, and verify with the ssid analysis program.