CWNA Guide to Wireless LANs Syllabus

CWNA Guide to Wireless LANs

Second Edition

Term, Year

General Course Information

Instructor:

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Textbook:Mark Ciampa, CWNA Guide to Wireless LANs, Second Edition. Course Technology Incorporated, 2006, ISBN 0-619-21579-8

Course Objectives

This course provides a hands-on guide to planning, designing, installing and configuring wireless LANs that prepares students for the Certified Wireless Network Administrator (CWNA) certification. The text used 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.

Specific topic coverageincludes:

▪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 Wireless Networks

Web Site

Supplementary information for the course is available at [URL]. The Web site contains class notes, PowerPoint slides, class announcements, the course syllabus, test dates, and other information for the course.

E-Mail

All students are requested to obtain an e-mail account. If you have any questions about the course or need assistance, please contact me in person or by telephone during office hours; or by e-mail at any time. Also, you may submit the end-of-chapter case project assignments in class on the due date or by e-mail with a date stamp at or before
5:00 P.M. on the due date. E-mail submissions should be submitted as an attachment in Microsoft Word format.

Grading and Evaluation Criteria

40% of the grade is based on a midterm and a final examination. Both examinations are cumulative and given in a varied format. An in-class review will be held prior to each examination.

20% of the grade is based on quizzes. Quizzes are announced one day in advance and may vary from three to five questions that may be in any format.

40% of the grade is based on keeping a project notebook. Students are asked to obtain a small notebook or to use a lab notebook and keep notes on the results of Hands-on Projects and Case Projectsat the end of each chapter in the text.

14-Week Course Outline

Week / Topics / Chapter
Readings / Exams
1 / It’s a Wireless World / Chapter 1
2 / Wireless LAN Devices and Standards / Chapter 2
3 / How Wireless Works / Chapter 3
4 / IEEE 802.11 Physical Layer Standards / Chapter 4
5 / IEEE 802.11 Medium Access Control and Network Layer Standards / Chapter 5
6 / Planning and Building a Wireless LAN / Chapter 6
7 / Review / Mid-term Exam
8 / Conducting a Site Survey / Chapter 7
9 / Wireless LAN Security and Vulnerabilities / Chapter 8
10 / Implementing Wireless LAN Security / Chapter 9
11 / Managing a Wireless LAN / Chapter 10
12 / Network Settings and Wireless LAN Troubleshooting / Chapter 11
13 / Personal, Metropolitan, and Wide Area Wireless Networks / Chapter 12
14 / Review / Final Exam

10-Week Course Outline

Week / Topics / Chapter
Readings / Exams
1 / It’s a Wireless World
Wireless LAN Devices and Standards / Chapter 1
Chapter 2
2 / How Wireless Works / Chapter 3
3 / IEEE 802.11 Physical Layer Standards / Chapter 4
4 / IEEE 802.11 Medium Access Control and Network Layer Standards / Chapter 5
5 / Planning and Building a Wireless LAN / Chapter 6 / Mid-term Exam
6 / Conducting a Site Survey / Chapter 7
7 / Wireless LAN Security and Vulnerabilities
Implementing Wireless LAN Security / Chapter 8
Chapter 9
8 / Managing a Wireless LAN / Chapter 10
9 / Network Settings and Wireless LAN Troubleshooting / Chapter 11
10 / Personal, Metropolitan, and Wide Area Wireless Networks / Chapter 12 / Final Exam

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