Implementing Cisco Unified Wireless Networking Essentials (IUWNE)
Course Length: 5 Days
Course Content: The Implementing Cisco Unified Wireless Networking Essentials is a 5 day ILT course, designed to
help students prepare for the CCNA-Wireless certification, an associate level certification specializing in the
wireless field. The IUWNE course and CCNA-Wireless certification is a prerequisite to the CCNP-Wireless (Cisco
Certified Wireless Professional) curriculum. The CCNA-Wireless curriculum will prepare wireless network associate
for the use, positioning, planning, implementation and operation of Cisco WLAN networks. The goal of the IUWNE
v2.0 is to provide students with information and practice activities to prepare them to help design, install,
configure, monitor and conduct basic troubleshooting tasks of a Cisco WLAN in SMB and Enterprise installations.
As an associate level, the course aims at providing entry level information, and will not specialize in any of the
advanced features of the Cisco WLAN networks solutions.
This course is available in multiple formats. You can purchase instructor-led training (ILT) in a classroom setting or
virtual ILT via the web. Both the classroom ILT and virtual ILT versions of this course come with access to our state
of the art remote labs that use actual Cisco equipment. For the classroom ILT version of this course, laptops are
provided to participate in the hands-on labs. If you desire to use your own laptop, please bring a laptop computer
with an Ethernet port as well as an internal wireless NIC, 802.11a/b/g/n. The laptop’s operating systems must be
Windows XP (SP3). If your operating system is Windows Vista or Windows 7, include a Terminal Emulator such as
HyperTerminal. IN ADDITION, if your laptop does not contain Terminal Emulation you will need administrator
rights to the laptop to install software.
Course Objectives: Upon completion of this course, the student should be able to:
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Describe wireless fundamentals, such as topologies, RF principles and math, antennae, spread spectrum
technologies, frames and physics, wireless regulatory bodies, standards and certifications, and the non802.11f wireless technologies and their impact on Wi-Fi
Describe the Cisco Unifies Wireless Networks basics and configure a Cisco Unified Wireless Network
controller and a Cisco Mobility Express controller
Describe and configure default operating system wireless client configuration tools, use the Cisco Aironet
Desktop Utility an Site Survey Utility and the Cisco Secure Services Client (SSC), and describe the Cisco
Compatible Extensions program
Describe and configure wireless security
Manage the wireless network from the Cisco Wireless Control System (WCS)
Maintain and troubleshoot wireless networks
Prerequisites:
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Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices Part 1 (ICND1)
Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices Part 2 (ICND2)
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Course Outline:
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Module 0 -- Course Introduction
Module 1 – Describe Wireless Fundamentals
o Introducing Wireless Networks and Topologies
o Introducing Wireless LANs RF Principles
o Understanding Radio Frequency Mathematics
o Examining Antennae
o Describing Spread Spectrum Technologies
o Introducing Wireless Regulatory Bodies, Standards and Certifications
o Examining Wireless Media Access
o Understanding non 802.11 Wireless Technologies and Their Impact on WLANs
o The Journey of a Wireless Frame
o Design and Site Survey Considerations
Module 2 – Install a Basic Cisco Wireless LAN
o Understanding Cisco Unified Wireless Network Architecture Basics
o Configuring a Controller
o Discovering and Associating with a Controller
o Examining the AP Operational Modes
o Roaming
o Managing the Network from the Controller
o Configuring and Migrating Standalone Access Points
Module 3 – Install Wireless Clients
o Using Default Configuration Tools
o Describing the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client
o Understanding The Cisco Compatible Extensions Program
Module 4 – Implement Basic WLAN Security
o Overview Of WLAN Security
o Establishing IEEE 802.11 Security
o Centralizing WLAN Authentication
o Describing EAP Authentications
o Managing Authentication And Encryption With WPA And WPA2
o Configuring Wireless Security On Controllers And Clients
Module 5 – Operate Basic WCS
o Introducing WCS And Cisco WCS Navigator
o Installing Cisco WCS Interface
o Working with Controllers from Cisco WCS
o WCS: Working with Pre-configured Maps
o WCS: Monitoring the Network with Cisco WCS
o WCS: Working with CleanAir in Cisco WCS
Module 6 – Conduct Basic WLAN Maintenance and Troubleshooting
o Maintaining The System
o Troubleshooting
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