Duration: 5 Days
In this course, you will prepare for the CCNP Wireless certification, a professional-level certification specializing in the wireless field. You will discover how to integrate mobility services into the network, tune and troubleshoot the WLAN running mobility services, and implement mesh networks. Through hands-on labs, you will gain a thorough understanding of how to implement mobility services in your wireless network.
For the classroom version of this course, laptops are provided to participate in the hands-on labs. If you'd rather use your own laptop, please ensure your laptop has an Ethernet port and an internal wireless NIC, 802.11a/b/g/n. For laptops running on Windows Vista or Windows 7, include a terminal emulator such as HyperTerminal or you will need administrator rights to install software.
What You Will Learn
- Design a WLAN infrastructure for mobility
- Implement advanced services and manage them with the WCS and WCS Navigator
- Implement Cisco's location-based services
- Implement the Mobility Services Engine into the wireless network
- Outdoor wireless networks and products
- Implement and manage an indoor enterprise mesh
- Optimize and troubleshoot the WLAN
Audience
- Wireless network administrators and engineers with 3-5 years experience in the field, wireless network planners/designers, administrators/managers, and engineers
- Mid-level wireless support engineers, wireless technical marketing engineers, wireless system engineers, and wireless test engineers
Prerequistes
Course Outline
1. Design WLAN Infrastructure for Mobility
- Best Practices for WLAN Mobility Services
- Implications of Layer 2 and Layer 3 Roaming
- Design for High Availability
- Implement Single SSID Designs with Mobility
- Cisco CleanAir
2. Implement Advanced Services and Manage with Cisco WCS and Cisco WCS Navigator
- Install the WCS and Navigator
- Configure Controllers and Access Points Using WCS Templates
- Configure WCS for WLC Auto-Provisioning
- Implement WCS Partitioning
- Schedule Wireless Access using WCS
- Configure Reports
- Configure Administrative Tasks
- Monitor and Convert Autonomous APs using WCS
- Roles, Features, and Functions of Cisco WCS Navigator
3. Design WLAN for Context-Aware Services
- Positioning Techniques
- Deployment Requirements
- Applications of RFID, Chokepoint, and TDoA
4. Implement Cisco Context-Aware Services
- Mobility Services Architecture
- Configure the Cisco 3300 Series MSE
- Integrate and Manage the 3300 Series MSE with WCS
- Configure and Tune the 3300 Series MSE for Context-Aware Services
- Track Mobile Clients
- Configure, Generate, and Interpret Location and Event Notifications
- Integrate Third-Party Applications
- MSE Maintenance
- Troubleshoot Context-Aware Services
5. Implement and Manage Indoor and Outdoor Networks
- Wireless Mesh Networks
- Mesh Formation
- Implement an Outdoor Wireless Mesh Network
- Configure Advanced Features in a Wireless Mesh Network
- Configure WCS for a Mesh Network
- Troubleshoot an Indoor Wireless Mesh Network
- Workgroup Bridges
- Monitor and Troubleshoot Clients
Course Labs
