About Education

The “Understanding Cisco Wireless Foundations (WLFNDU)” v1.0 course provides you with the knowledge and skills needed to deploy, plan, implement, operate, and manage a Cisco® wireless LAN (WLAN) network. This course teaches you how to design, install, configure, monitor, and perform basic troubleshooting tasks on a Cisco WLAN network of any size.

Prerequisites

It is recommended, but not required, that you have the following knowledge and skills before attending this course:

• General information about networks
• General information on wireless networks
• Routing and switching knowledge

Duration of Training

• Training with an instructor: 5 days, with practical laboratory work
• Virtual instructor-led training: 5 days, with web-based lessons and hands-on lab work

Who Should Participate?

• Network engineer
• System engineer
• Wireless network engineer
• Technical solution architect
• Network Administrator
• Wireless network design engineer
• Network Administrator

Educational Content

• Explaining and Applying Basic Wireless Theory
  • Basic concepts of wireless network technologies (e.g.: RF signals, propagation, frequency bands)
  • Wireless network standards (for example: IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
• Explain and Apply Basic Wireless Mathematics and Antennas
  • Propagation and strength of wireless signals
  • Antenna types and gains
  • Wireless planning tools
• Explain and Implement Basic Wireless Operation
  • Wireless network topologies (e.g.: centralized, distributed)
  • Wireless network components (for example: access points, wireless clients, controllers)
  • Factors affecting wireless network performance
• Basic Wireless Security Explained and Implemented
  • Wireless network security protocols (for example: WPA, WPA2, WPA3)
  • Preventing and detecting security breaches
• 802.1X and Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) Description and Implementation
  • 802.1X authentication framework
  • EAP protocols (for example: EAP-FAST, PEAP, LEAP)
  • Configure and troubleshoot 802.1X authentication
• Configuring Wireless Guest Access and Wireless Security
  • Creating and configuring guest networks
  • Guest network security policies
• Cisco Wireless Network Architecture Description and Implementation
  • Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) architecture
  • Light Access Point (LAP) architecture
  • FlexConnect architecture
• Cisco Wireless Network Description and Implementation
  • Installing and configuring Cisco WLC
  • Installing and configuring access points
  • Connecting wireless clients to the network
• Cisco Wireless Network Wired Support Description and Application
  • Wired infrastructure requirements for wireless networking
  • Wired network issues affecting wireless network performance
• Configuring Centralized Wireless Networks
  • Centrally manage Cisco WLC
  • Enforce wireless network policies centrally
• WLAN Maintenance and Troubleshooting Description and Application
  • Wireless network performance monitoring and reporting
  • Diagnose and troubleshoot wireless network problems
  • Optimizing wireless network performance

What You Will Gain at the End of Training

• Explain and apply basic wireless theory and concepts.
• Explain and implement basic wireless security and client access.
• Explain and implement Cisco wireless network architecture.
• You can configure centralized wireless networks.
• You can explain and perform WLAN maintenance and troubleshooting procedures.