ProCurve Mobility provides network engineers with the knowledge and skills required to design, deploy, manage, and troubleshoot IEEE 802.11-based wireless networks. The course provides hands-on experience in configuring and troubleshooting the ProCurve Access Point (AP) 530,
ProCurve AP 420, and ProCurve Wireless LAN System.
 3-day instructor-led course
 50 percent lecture and 50 percent hands-on labs
ProCurve Networking channel partner systems engineers, network engineers, and other network professionals who deploy wireless solutions.
 Adaptive EDGE Fundamentals (AEF v4.11 or higher)
 ProCurve Networking Security (v4.31 or higher)
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U.S. $500/day. Cost may vary by region.
ProCurve Mobility prepares participants for ASE—ProCurve Networking & Mobility [2006] certification within the HP Certified Professional program. The exam number is HP0-752. The certification test is offered at Prometric test centers. For more information on ProCurve
Networking training and certification, go to http://www.hp.com/go/procurvetraining

 Participants learn the standards and specifications used to build wireless networks, including
802.11, Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP), WiFi Protected Access (WPA), WPA2 (802.11i), and
802.1X.
 Participants experience hands-on training that will help them manage and support wireless networks in a real-world environment.
 Participants learn how to plan and deploy a wireless network that meets a company’s unique needs.
 Participants learn how to troubleshoot common problems that occur in wireless networks.
After completing ProCurve Mobility, students will be able to:
 Explain the advantages that ProCurve’s Adaptive Edge Architecture (AEA) provides for companies and their mobile users
 List ProCurve Networking’s wireless solutions
 List the main features, advantages, and disadvantages of the 802.11a, b, and g standards
 Define the three different modes in which wireless networks can operate: ad-hoc, infrastructure, and in-cell relay
 Differentiate between the following wireless networking terms: basic service set identifier
(BSSID), wireless local area network (WLAN), and service set identifier (SSID)
 Explain the difference between an open system and a closed system
 Explain how a station connects to an AP, including associating and authenticating
 List the features of the AP 420 and AP 530 and, given a set of customer requirements, select the appropriate AP
 Install and begin to configure the AP 420 and AP 530
 List the features of the ProCurve Wireless LAN System, including the Wireless Edge Services xl
Module, the Redundant Wireless Services xl Module, the wireless services-enabled switch, and the radio ports (RPs)
 Explain the differences between an RP and an AP
 Describe the options for deploying a Wireless Edge Services xl Module and its associated RPs
 Describe the purpose of auto-provisioning on the wireless services-enabled switch
 List the requirements for transmitting traffic from an RP to the Wireless Edge Services xl
Module and on to the wired network
 List the authentication options for wireless networks and identify their strengths and weaknesses
 Explain how 802.1X functions in a wireless network, including describing common Extensible
Authentication Protocol (EAP) methods
 Compare the strength of encryption provided by WEP and by WPA/WPA2
 Configure a variety of security methods on a ProCurve AP or Wireless Edge Services xl Module
 Define radio technology terms related to radio frequency (RF) propagation and power
 Explain the difference between coverage and capacity
 Calculate range, explaining in particular the effects of Effective Isotropic Radiated Power
(EIRP) and receiver sensitivity
 Describe ProCurve antennas, identify environments in which they meet the coverage and capacity requirements, and configure ProCurve products to use them
 Describe how RTS/CTS is used to avoid contention in a wireless network
 Explain the requirements for Layer 2 and Layer 3 roaming in a wireless network
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 Connect two AP 530s through a Wireless Distribution System (WDS)
 Describe the network self-healing, anomaly detection, and redundancy group features that the
Wireless Edge Services xl Module provides
 Explain how the ProCurve standalone APs and the Wireless Edge Services xl Module support dynamic VLANs
 Manage your wireless network using ProCurve Manager Plus (PCM+), ProCurve Mobility
Manager (PMM), and ProCurve Identity Driven Manager (IDM)
 Isolate problems to identify where they are occurring on the wireless network
 Troubleshoot a station, AP 420, AP 530, and a Wireless LAN System
 Collect information using the products’ management interfaces
 Solve common problems in booting the products and accessing management interfaces
 Assess the purpose of a wireless network and its security requirements
 Plan, prepare, and conduct a site survey
 Understand coverage and capacity requirements and select appropriate products and antennas
 Design wireless solutions for typical open, semi-open, and closed environments
 Module 1: ProCurve Mobility Solutions
 Module 2: Wireless Network Technologies and Specifications
 Module 3: ProCurve Access Point Family
 Module 4: ProCurve Wireless LAN System
 Module 5: Wireless Network Security
 Module 6: Radio Technologies
 Module 7: Managing Wireless Networks
 Module 8: Troubleshooting Wireless Networks
 Module 9: Designing Wireless Networks
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