Scalable Campus Network & Wireless LAN design

This will be an intense hands-on fourteen (14) day training to teach skills required for the configuration and operation of large scale campus networks.

Objective

After this training the participants will be able to design and implement a large scale campus network. This course will provide the techies with the necessary TCP/IP skills to administer a campus network.

Who Should Attend?

This course is designed for technical staff that operates a TCP/IP network with international connectivity and inter-campus connectivity.

Course content

The course is divided into three; Campus networks, Scalable networks and Wireless networks

Campus Networks

• Best Practices Campus Networks Design.

• IP address management

• Physical cable Infrastructure

• Hierarchical Design

• Redundant Links

• Route Convergence

Scalable Networks

• Introduction to static and dynamic routing protocols.

• BGP and OSPF

• Introduction to IEEE 802.1q (VLANS)

• VPNs

Wireless Campus Networks

• Designing a campus WLAN

• Why wireless?

• Antennas and Transmission

• Comparative use of Unlicensed Spectrum

• Introduction to Wi-Fi

• Access point configuration and upgrading

• Planning a wireless link

• Wireless Security

• eduroam

• Wireless authentication IEEE 802.1x

• FreeRADIUS

Items Required

Each Participant is to bring a laptop with wireless connectivity.