Wireless Networks

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K V Kalyan Chakravarthy

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Course Name : Wireless Networks

Code(Credit) : ABC01(1-2-0)

Course Objectives

  • Describe the features and functions of WLAN components.
  • Skills needed to install, configure, and troubleshoot WLAN hardware peripherals and protocols.
  • Understand the Wi-Fi communications process and security standards.

Learning Outcomes

  • Able to install, configure and troubleshoot WIFI Network

Course Syllabus

Module I: Wireless LAN Infrastructure Devices (7 Hrs)


Access Points, Bridges, Workgroup Bridges, PCMCIA Cards , Serial and Ethernet Converters , USB Devices, PCI/ISA Devices, Residential Gateways, Enterprise Gateways, Access Point Modes, Fixed or Detachable Antennas, Advanced Filtering Capabilities, Configuration and Management, Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE),  Network Address Translation (NAT), Port Address Translation (PAT), Ethernet switching , Virtual Servers, Print Serving, Fail-over routing, Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) , Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Server and Client, Configurable Firewall

Practice:

  • Configuring PCMCIA Cards, Wireless Cards
  • Configuring PPPoE, NAT, PAT
  • Configuring DHCP
  • Configuring Basic Firewall

Module II: Wireless LAN Organizations and Standards (7 Hrs)

 

802.11, 802.11b, 802.11a, 802.11g, Bluetooth, Infrared, HomeRF, FCC, IEEE, WECA, WLANA , IrDA , ETSI, ISM and UNII Bands, 900 MHz ISM Band, 2.4 GHz ISM Band, 5.8 GHz ISM Band, Lowe Band, Middle Band, Upper Band, Power Output Rules, Point-to-Multipoint (PtMP), Point-to-Point (PtP), Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance, Competing Technologies.

Practice

  • Configure P2P and P2MP with different Frequencies

Module III: 802.11 Network Architecture(5 Hrs)

 

Authentication, Association, Open System authentication, Shared Key authentication , Secret keys & certificates, AAA Support, BSS, ESS, IBSS, SSID, Infrastructure Mode , Ad hoc Mode, Roaming, PSP Mode, CAM, Beacons, TIM, ATIM, ATIM Windows

Practice

  • Configuring Multiple SSIDs - Open System
  • Configuring Multiple SSIDs - Using Shared Key
  • Configuring Multiple SSIDs - Using AdHoc Mode

 

Module IV:  Wireless LAN Installations(6 Hrs)

 

Multipath, Effects of Multipath, Decreased Signal Amplitude,  Increased signal Amplitude, Node, Near/Far, RF Interference, All-band interference, System throughput, Co-location throughput, Weather, Types of Interference, All-band Interference and Troubleshooting

Practice

  • Connectivity between two devices and analysis interference between the two Access Points

Module V:  Physical Layers(6 Hrs)

 

The difference between wireless LAN and Ethernet frames, Layer 3 Protocols supported by wireless LANs, Distributed Coordination Function (DCF), Point Coordination Function (PCF), CSMA/CA vs. CSMA/CD,

Module VI: MAC(6 Hrs)

 

Interframe spacing, RTS/CTS, Dynamic Rate Selection , Modulation and coding, Collision Handling, Fragmentation, Dynamic Rate Shifting (DRS), Distributed Coordination Function, Point Coordination Function, Interframe Spacing.

Module VII: Authentication Methods(5 Hrs)

 

802.1x and EAP, Wireless DMZ, User Authentication

Session Plan

Session 1

Wireless LAN Infrastructure Devices(Access Points, Bridges, Workgroup Bridges, PCMCIA Cards , Serial and Ethernet Converters , USB Devices, PCI/ISA Devices) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-70XEbaiuiY

Session 2

Wireless LAN Infrastructure Devices(Residential Gateways, Enterprise Gateways, Access Point Modes, Fixed or Detachable Antennas, Advanced Filtering Capabilities, Configuration and Management, Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE))

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-70XEbaiuiY

Session 3

Network Address Translation (NAT)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBqPzHEDzvo

Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_JomGpvjH4

Session 4

Configuring PCMCIA Cards, Wireless Cards

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFmDxkXd3FM

Session 6

Session 7

Configuring Basic Firewall

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QR0O65aJOE

Session 8

Wireless LAN Organizations and Standards(802.11, 802.11b, 802.11a, 802.11g, Bluetooth, Infrared, HomeRF, FCC, IEEE)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIH4SNwMytg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inciMfOnGdk

Session 11

ISM Band, Lowe Band, Middle Band, Upper Band, Power Output Rules

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZ2xitbFkf8

Session 12

Session 13

Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance, Competing Technologies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZ4ODvOVTqk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqH9KX9o0vg

Session 14

Configure P2P and P2MP with different Frequencies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeKo1sZsmqk

Session 15

Authentication, Association

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntGA6V5EciE

Session 16

Open System authentication, Shared Key authentication , Secret keys & certificates

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nF9R_cA-hPo

Session 17

AAA Support, BSS, ESS, IBSS, SSID

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lvIXXAdLR4

Session 18

Infrastructure Mode , Ad hoc Mode, Roaming, PSP Mode

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLSOZokbFfM

Session 19

CAM, Beacons, TIM, ATIM, ATIM Windows

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKNf9SKrKLQ

Session 20

Wireless LAN Installations

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMw3HpWLIZA

Session 21

Session 22

RF Interference, All-band interference, System throughput, Co-location throughput

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp4snBxVGsQ

Session 23

RF Interference, All-band interference, System throughput, Co-location throughput

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp4snBxVGsQ

Session 24

Session 25

All-band Interference and Troubleshooting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk0MknK2ZAk

Session 26

Difference between wireless LAN and Ethernet frames

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvLXNI3bNqY

Session 27

Layer 3 Protocols supported by wireless LANs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpxnAXeXZG8

Session 28

Distributed Coordination Function (DCF)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npRZdyy8VG8

Session 29

Point Coordination Function (PCF)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSEVzYKhpU4

Session 30

Session 31

Session 32

RTS/CTS, Dynamic Rate Selection

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rg9WQqeqIk0

Session 35

Dynamic Rate Shifting (DRS), Distributed Coordination Function

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxeQufY2HpQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npRZdyy8VG8

Session 36

Point Coordination Function

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnlW-bbxZzM

Session 37

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