CWNA Guide To Wireless LANs

by Ciampa, Mark

• ISBN13: 9780619215798
• ISBN10: 0619215798
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-08-04
• Publisher: Course Technology

Summary

A hands-on guide to planning, designing, installing and configuring wireless LANs that prepares students for the Certified Wireless Network Administrator (CWNA) certification. This second edition offers in-depth coverage of wireless networks with extensive step-by-step coverage of IEEE 802.11b/a/g/pre-n implementation, design, security, and troubleshooting. Material is reinforced with hands-on projects at the end of each chapter from two of the principal wireless LAN vendors, Cisco and Linksys, giving the flexibility for this course to be taught in either a classroom or as an online course.”

Table of Contents

It+s a Wireless World

Wireless LAN Devices and Standards

How Wireless Works

IEEE 802.11 Physical Layer Standards

IEEE 802.11 Medium Access Control and Network Layer Standards

Planning and Building a Wireless LAN

Conducting a Site Survey

Wireless LAN Security and Vulnerabilities

Implementing Wireless LAN Security

Managing a Wireless LAN

Network Settings and Wireless LAN Troubleshooting

Personal, Metropolitan, and Wide Area Networks

CWNA Certification Objectives

Setup Options for Cisco Aironet Access Points

Cisco Access Point Configuration Settings

Linksys Access Point Configuration Settings

Wireless Websites

IEEE Committees

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