Course Overview

The Understanding Cisco Wireless Foundations (WLFNDU) training teaches you the knowledge and skills you need to configure, manage, and troubleshoot a Cisco wireless LAN (WLAN) network. Topics include understanding critical aspects of RF technology, industry standards for Wi-Fi and security, how to design, install, and configure a WLAN network of any size, and using Cisco DNA Center. This training also earns you 30 Continuing Education (CE) credits towards recertification.

Who Should Attend

• Network engineer
• Systems engineer
• Wireless engineer
• Technical solutions architect
• Network administrator
• Wireless design engineer
• Network manager

Course Objectives

• Describe and implement foundational wireless theory
• Describe and implement foundational wireless math and antennas
• Describe and implement foundational wireless operation including Wi-Fi 6
• Describe security and client access in a wireless network
• Implement 802.1X and Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)
• Implement wireless guest access and configure wireless security
• Describe Cisco wireless architecture components and deployment options
• Describe Cisco wireless architecture and its deployment modes, the Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP) protocol, and the Cisco WLC and AP line up
• Describe the wired support for implementing wireless networks
• Deploy Cisco centralized wireless networks using Cisco 9800 WLC
• Describe the centralized wireless access model and its configuration
• Describe maintenance and troubleshooting in the centralized WLAN model
• Describe the management and monitoring of Cisco Wireless Networks with Cisco DNA Center

Course Outline