Understanding Cisco Wireless Foundations (WLFNDU)

The Understanding Cisco Wireless Foundations (WLFNDU) training gives you the knowledge and skills you need to position, plan, implement, operate, and manage a Cisco® wireless LAN (WLAN) network. This training teaches you how to design, install, configure, monitor, and conduct basic troubleshooting tasks on a Cisco WLAN network of any size. This training also earns you 30 Continuing Education (CE) credits towards recertification.


How you'll benefit

This training will help you:

  • Learn the skills, technologies, and best practices needed to manage a Cisco WLAN network
  • Understand and implement a Cisco wireless network architecture
  • Design and implement WLAN maintenance and troubleshooting solutions


Who should enroll

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


Technology areas

  • Enterprise networking
  • Wireless networking


Objectives

  • 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


Prerequisites

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

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


Lab outline

  • Practice RF Math
  • Antenna Calculations
  • 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 on Cisco 3504 WLC
  • Configure a Centralized WLAN Deployment on Cisco 9800 WLC
  • Configure an IPv6 Operation in a Centralized WLAN Deployment
  • Optimize RF Conditions and Performance for Clients
  • Perform Centralized Controller Maintenance
  • Use Troubleshooting Tools