Lab Manual for CWNA Guide to Wireless LANs, 2nd

by Cannon, Kelly

• ISBN13: 9781418835385
• ISBN10: 1418835382
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-08-04
• Publisher: Course Technology

Summary

The Lab Manual for CWNA Guide to Wireless LANs provides students with the hangs-on experience they will need to become successful wireless network administrators. Using both Cisco and Linksys equipment, students will plan, install, configure, manage, and troubleshoot wireless local area networks. Students will gain experience using the Windows XP automatic wireless configuration tool, as well as the more advanced wireless utilities from Cisco. In addition to basic wireless setup, labs include RF math calculations, co-channel and adjacent channel interference, roaming, power management, open authentication and shared key authentication, ad hoc versus infrastructure mode, repeater mode, wireless site survey tools, and filtering based on SSIDs, MAC addresses, and IP addresses.

Author Biography

Kelly Cannon is an associate professor of networking at Piedmont Virginia Community College in Charlottesville, Virginia. She holds a degree in engineerimg and an MBA. She also holds numerous networking industry credntials including CCNA, CCAI, MCP, CNA, Network-, Security-, and CWNA. She is the author of CCNA Guide to Cisco Networking, Third Edition.

Table of Contents

Its a Wireless World

Wireless LAN Standards and Hardware

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

Basic Wireless LAN Security

Enhanced Wireless LAN Security

Managing a Wireless LAN

Network Settings and Troubleshooting

Wireless Personal Area and Wide Networks

The Future of Wireless

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