Understanding Cisco Wireless Foundations (WLFNDU)

The Understanding Cisco Wireless Foundations (WLFNDU) v1.0 course gives you the knowledge and skills you need to position, plan, implement, operate, and manage a Cisco© wireless LAN (WLAN) network. This course teaches you how to design, install, configure, monitor, and conduct basic troubleshooting tasks on a Cisco WLAN network of any size.

This course does not lead directly to a certification exam, but it does cover foundational knowledge that can help you prepare for professional-level enterprise wireless courses and exams.

After taking this course, you should be able to:

• Describe and implement foundational wireless theory
• Describe and implement basic wireless security and client access
• Describe and implement a Cisco wireless network architecture
• Configure Cisco centralized wireless networks
• Describe and implement WLAN maintenance and troubleshooting

• Describing and Implementing Foundational Wireless Theory
• Describing and Implementing Foundational Wireless Math and Antennas
• Describing and Implementing Foundational Wireless Operation
• Describing and Implementing Basic Wireless Security
• Describing and Implementing 802.1X and Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)
• Implementing Wireless Guest Access and Configuring Wireless Security
• Describing and Implementing Cisco Wireless Network Architecture
• Describing and Implementing Cisco Wireless Network
• Describing and Implementing Cisco Wireless Network Wired Support
• Configuring Cisco Centralized Wireless Networks
• Describing and Implementing WLAN Maintenance and Troubleshooting

Lab Outline

• Explore the Physics of Wi-Fi
• Explore the Wi-Fi Environment
• Analyze Wireless Frames
• Configure Client Access
• Configure the Wired Infrastructure
• Configure a Centralized Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) Deployment
• Configure a Centralized WLAN Deployment
• Configure an IPv6 Operation in a Centralized WLAN Deployment
• Optimize RF Conditions and Performance for Clients
• Perform Centralized Controller Maintenance
• Use Troubleshooting Tools

We recommend but do not require that you have the following knowledge and skills before taking this course

• General knowledge of networks
• General knowledge of wireless networks
• Routing and switching knowledge

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