CWNA : Certified Wireless Network Administrator (PW0-106)

Lesson 1: Overview of Wireless Standards, Organizations, and Fundamentals

• History of WLAN
• Standards Organizations
• Core, Distribution, and Access
• Communications Fundamentals
• Summary
• Exam Essentials

Lesson 2: Radio Frequency Fundamentals

• What Is a Radio Frequency Signal?
• Radio Frequency Characteristics
• Radio Frequency Behaviors
• Summary
• Exam Essentials

Lesson 3: Radio Frequency Components, Measurements, and Mathematics

• RF Components
• Units of Power and Comparison
• RF Mathematics
• Summary
• Exam Essentials

Lesson 4: Radio Frequency Signal and Antenna Concepts

• Azimuth and Elevation Charts (Antenna Radiation Envelopes)
• Antenna Types
• Visual Line of Sight and RF Line of Sight
• Earth Bulge
• Antenna Connection and Installation
• Antenna Accessories
• Summary
• Exam Essentials

Lesson 5: IEEE 802.11 Standards

• Original IEEE 802.11 Standard
• IEEE 802.11-2007 Ratified Amendments
• IEEE Std 802.11-2012
• Post-2012 Ratified Amendments
• IEEE 802.11 Draft Amendments
• Defunct Amendments and 802.11m Task Group
• Summary
• Exam Essentials

Lesson 6: Wireless Networks and Spread Spectrum Technologies

• Industrial, Scientific, and Medical Bands
• Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure Bands
• 3.6 GHz and 4.9 GHz Bands
• Narrowband and Spread Spectrum
• Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum
• Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum
• Packet Binary Convolutional Code and Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
• 2.4 GHz Channels
• 5 GHz Channels
• Adjacent, Nonadjacent, and Overlapping Channels
• Summary
• Exam Essentials

Lesson 7: Wireless LAN Topologies

• Wireless Networking Topologies
• 802.11 Topologies
• 802.11 Configuration Modes
• Summary
• Exam Essentials

Lesson 8: 802.11 Medium Access

• CSMA/CA vs. CSMA/CD
• Distributed Coordination Function
• Point and Hybrid Coordination Functions
• Block Acknowledgment
• Summary
• Exam Essentials

Lesson 9: 802.11 MAC Architecture

• Packets, Frames, and Bits
• 802.11 and 802.3 Interoperability
• Three 802.11 Frame Types
• Beacon Management Frame
• Authentication
• Association
• ACK Frame
• Fragmentation
• Protection Mechanism
• Data Frames
• Power Management
• Summary
• Exam Essentials

Lesson 10: WLAN Architecture

• Wireless LAN Client Devices
• Management, Control, and Data Planes
• WLAN Architecture
• Specialty WLAN Infrastructure
• Summary
• Exam Essentials

Lesson 11: WLAN Deployment and Vertical Markets

• Deployment Considerations for Commonly Supported WLAN Applications and Devices
• Corporate Data Access and End-User Mobility
• Bridging: Building-to-Building Connectivity
• Educational/Classroom Use
• Municipal Networks
• First-Responder Networks
• Summary
• Exam Essentials

Lesson 12: WLAN Troubleshooting and Design

• Layer 2 Retransmissions
• 802.11 Coverage Considerations
• Capacity vs. Coverage
• Voice vs. Data
• Performance and Weather
• Summary
• Exam Essentials

Lesson 13: 802.11 Network Security Architecture

• 802.11 Security Basics
• Legacy 802.11 Security
• Robust Security
• Traffic Segmentation
• Infrastructure Security and VPN Wireless Security
• Guest WLAN Security
• Summary
• Exam Essentials

Lesson 14: Wireless Attacks, Intrusion Monitoring, and Policy

• Wireless Attacks
• Intrusion Monitoring
• Wireless Security Policy
• Summary
• Exam Essentials

Lesson 15: Radio Frequency Site Survey Fundamentals

• WLAN Site Survey Interview
• Documents and Reports
• Vertical Market Considerations
• Summary
• Exam Essentials

Lesson 16: Site Survey Systems and Devices

• Site Survey Defined
• Site Survey Tools
• Coverage Analysis
• Summary
• Exam Essentials

Lesson 17: Power over Ethernet (PoE)

• History of PoE
• An Overview of PoE Devices
• Planning and Deploying PoE
• 802.11n or 802.11ac and PoE
• Summary
• Exam Essentials

Lesson 18: 802.11n

• 802.11n-2009 Amendment and Wi-Fi Alliance Certification
• MIMO
• HT Channels
• HT PHY
• HT MAC
• HT Operation
• Summary
• Exam Essentials

Lesson 19: Very High Throughput (VHT) and 802.11ac

• 802.11ac-2013 Amendment
• 20, 40, 80, and 160 MHz Channels
• 256-QAM Modulation
• Single-User MIMO
• VHT MAC
• Beamforming
• Quality of Service
• 802.11ac in a SOHO or Home
• Summary
• Exam Essentials

Lesson 20: Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)

• Mobile Device Management
• Guest WLAN Access
• Network Access Control (NAC)
• Summary
• Exam Essentials