IBM Understanding Wireless Solutions IBM Understanding Wireless Solutions Part 2: IEEE 802.11 Standards and WLANs Training available online e-learning

The second course in this curriculum goes into detail on the IEEE WLAN Working Groups looking at each of the 802.11 Standards in detail. It then looks at the basic components of WLAN networks. The second half of the course covers the structure and parts of WLAN topologies and structures and finishes with comprehensive guidelines on designing a WLAN.

Training Program Details

Audience

The Understanding Wireless Solutions curriculum addresses the rapidly developing and growing marketplace of wireless networking. It is targeted at network professionals who are new to or not familiar with wireless technologies. The audience will include network designers system engineers administrators application developers and individuals needing instant skills for projects using wireless networking solutions. Basic network engineering knowledge is a pre-requisite for this course.

Objective

To identify functions of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 Working Group.

To identify key features of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 standard.

To identify features of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11b standard.

To identify features of ad-hoc and infrastructure modes of operation for Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11.

To identify capabilities of infrastructure mode roaming.

To identify criteria for the allocation of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11b channels.

Topics Include

Unit 1: WLAN Standards

Identify functions of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 Working Group.
Identify key features of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 standard.
Identify features of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11b standard.
Identify features of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11a standard.
Identify features of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11g standard.
Match additional Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 task groups with their functions.
Identify features of Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) Certification.
Identify features of Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) access points (APs).
Identify features of wireless client adapters.
Identify uses of Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) antennas.
Identify typical operational ranges in Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs).

Unit 2: WLAN Topologies and Design

Identify features of ad-hoc and infrastructure modes of operation for Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11.
Identify capabilities of infrastructure mode roaming.
Identify criteria for the allocation of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11b channels.
Identify criteria for the allocation of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11a channels.
Identify features of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 Media Access Protocol.
Identify functions of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 station services.
Identify functions of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 distribution system services.
Identify uses of Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) technology in providing point-to-point LAN bridges.
Match the phases in the Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) design with their features.
Identify considerations for the planning phase of a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) solution.
Identify features and functions of a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) preliminary design.
Identify features and functions of a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) site survey.
Identify types of equipment that are useful when performing a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) site survey.

Duration

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).

The network 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 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).

Media

CDROM

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