Overview
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Learn about modern wireless networks, including basic theory and configuration, and explore wireless network designs and setup.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Welcome to wireless networking
- What you should know
- Ad hoc wireless LAN
- Infrastructure wireless LAN
- Mesh wireless LAN
- Autonomous vs. Lightweight Access Points
- 2.4 GHz channels
- 5 GHz channels
- Independent Basic Service Set (IBSS)
- Service Set ID (SSID)
- Basic Service Set ID (BSSID)
- Extended Service Set ID (ESSID)
- Multiple Basic Service Set ID (MBSSID)
- Direct-Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS)
- Frequency Division Multiplexing (FDM)
- Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM)
- Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM)
- Channel bonding
- Beamforming
- MU-MIMO
- Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA)
- IEEE 802.11n (Wi-Fi 4)
- IEEE 802.11ac (Wi-Fi 5)
- IEEE 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6)
- The need for wireless security
- Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)
- Key distribution modes
- Enhanced encryption protocols
- Enhanced security protocols
- Linksys wireless router setup
- Configuring channels
- Configuring security
- Ubiquiti UniFi Controller installation
- Adding APs
- Configuring channels
- Configuring security
- Review and next steps
