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Training
Provided by Serebra Learning Corporation
This course provides an understanding of how to assess the customer's needs for an enterprise-wide WLAN implementation and how to perform a site survey. It addresses preparation infrastructure awareness site survey methods and the Cisco ACU site survey utility. The WLAN installation section provides guidelines for mounting access points and antennas. The troubleshooting section provides guidelines for dealing with client association and network connectivity problems.
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IBM Implementing Wireless LANs Part 4 - Site Design and Installation
Serebra Learning Corporation 119 - 7565 132nd Street Surrey BC V3W 1K5 Canada
Audience
Experienced networking professionals especially network administrators and engineers who evaluate design plan install and manage wired or wireless LANs. This course is primarily designed for network administrators and engineers who have practical networking experience in all phases of design installation maintenance and troubleshooting of wired networks.
Objective
Upon completion of this course the student will be able to:
- identify network traffic patterns of different application types.
- identify characteristics of end-user devices that are relevant to wireless LAN (WLAN) planning.
- identify characteristics of wireless LAN (WLAN) operating environments.
- identify items covered in a site survey report.
- identify guidelines for procuring wireless LAN (WLAN) equipment.
- identify steps in the preparatory installation of wireless LAN (WLAN) equipment.
- identify guidelines for troubleshooting wireless client adapter communication problems.
- identify features of the Cisco Aironet Client Utitlity (ACU) statistics tool.
- identify features of the Cisco Aironet Client Utility (ACU) status screen.
Topics Include
Unit 1: Customer Profiling
- Identify features and functions of the Cisco Aironet Client Utility (ACU) site survey tool.
- Identify features of the active mode of the Cisco Aironet Client Utility (ACU) site survey tool.
- Sequence the steps of the outside-in survey method.
- Identify features of the linear survey method. Identify features of predefined cells.
- Sequence the steps used to determine required Radio Frequency (RF) coverage.
- Identify guidelines for producing cell documentation.
- Identify effects of building materials on Radio Frequency (RF) signal range.
- Identify aspects of firewalls and risers to consider during a site survey.
- Identify considerations for mounting antennas and access points (APs).
- Identify features of data cabling.
- Identify features and functions of a wireless LAN (WLAN) site survey.
- Identify network traffic patterns of different application types.
- Identify characteristics of end-user devices that are relevant to wireless LAN (WLAN) planning.
- Identify characteristics of wireless LAN (WLAN) operating environments.
- Identify types of equipment used to perform a wireless LAN (WLAN) site survey.
- Identify key elements of a site survey plan.
- Identify guidelines for configuring an access point (AP) for a site survey.
- Identify guidelines for configuring a client for use during a site survey.
Unit 2: WLAN Installation
- Identify items covered in a site survey report.
- Identify guidelines for procuring wireless LAN (WLAN) equipment.
- Identify steps in the preparatory installation of wireless LAN (WLAN) equipment.
- Sequence the steps in staging wireless LAN (WLAN) equipment.
- Identify guidelines for wall mounting a Cisco Aironet 1200 Series access point (AP).
- Match National Electronics Manufacturers Association (NEMA) enclosure types with their descriptions.
- Identify guidelines for locating a plenum area.
- Identify guidelines for mounting detachable antennas.
- Identify guidelines for installing attenuators and lightning arrestors.
- Identify considerations for protecting equipment when mounting an antenna externally.
Unit 3: Troubleshooting and Testing
- Identify features of the Cisco Aironet Client Utitlity (ACU) statistics tool.
- Identify features of the Cisco Aironet Client Utility (ACU) status screen.
- Identify items displayed by the Cisco Aironet Client Utility (ACU) Link Status Meter.
- Identify guidelines for diagnosing client association problems.
- Identify steps in testing for network protocol connectivity.
- Identify guidelines for troubleshooting wireless client adapter communication problems.
- Identify reasons for using a Radio Frequency (RF) spectrum analyzer.
- Identify sources of interference on spectrum analyzer traces.
- Identify features of the Linktest tool in the Cisco Aironet Client Utility (ACU).
Duration
8 Hours
Minimum Requirements
The CDROM version of this course requires:
- At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
- Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
- At least 8MB RAM.
- At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).
- At least a double speed CDROM drive.
- An MPC compliant sound card with attached speakers or headphones is recommended (Currently only the CDROM version supports audio).
- At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
- Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
- At least 8MB RAM and 22MB available hard disk space or file server space.
- At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).
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Serebra Learning Corporation 119 - 7565 132nd Street Surrey BC V3W 1K5 Canada
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