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. The training will be held from April 22 to May 3, 2014.

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

Campus Network design principles & Best Practices

Campus Networks Design.

IP address routing & management(addressing,subnetting)

Campus Network Physical cable Infrastructure

Hierarchical Design

Scalable Networks

Cisco switch configuration basics

HP configuration essentials

Switching Architecture -STP

Introduction to IEEE 802.1q (VLANS)

VPNs

Switch troubleshooting

Campus Network monitoring

Wireless Campus Networks

Designing a campus WLAN

Why wireless?

Comparative use of Unlicensed Spectrum

Introduction to Wi-Fi

Access point configuration and upgrading

Campus WLAN design

Wireless Security

Eduroam

Wireless authentication IEEE 802.1x

FreeRADIUS

Items Required

Each Participant is to bring a laptop with wireless connectivity.

Trainers

Name Organization

Dean Pemberton (DP) NSRC

Dale Smith (DS) NSRC

Philip Smith (PS) NSRC

Michelle Opiyo (MO) KENET

Maureen Njue (MN) KENET

Hillary Cheserek (HC)KENET

Hezron Mwangi (HM) KENET

Joan Masai (JM) KENET

Cornelius Achiki (CA)KENET

Timetable

Week 1

Day	9.00-10.30	10.30-10.50	10.50-13.00	1300-1400	1400-1600	1600-1620	1620-1800
TuesdayApril 22	Welcome& RegistrationLayers 1/2/3 Refresher [[1]](MN)	Tea Break	Intro to Net Mgmt and SNMP [[2]] ""MN"	Lunch	Network Monitoring tools: Nagios , Cacti [[3]] HM	Tea Break	LA Network monitoring lab: basic nagios, cacti, webmin HM Cacti exercise [4] Nagios+nconf exercise [5] Smokeping exercise [6] webmin [7] BHM/MN
WednesdayApril 23	Cisco configuration essentialsHP Configuration essentials [[8]] HM	Tea Break	VPNs [[9]] (MO)	Lunch	Introduction to VLANS [[10]] (DP)	Tea Break	VLANs Lab [[11]]
ThursdayApril 24	Campus Network Design principles and best practices [[12]] (DS)	Tea Break	Campus Network Structured Cabling Exercise Campus Network Cabling [[13]] Fiber Splicing Exercise [[14]] Fiber Splicing Exercise Answers [[15]] Cable Systems Specifications [[16]] (DS)	Lunch	Campus Network Designs Round-tableDS/DP	Tea Break	Campus Network Designs Round-tableDS/DP
FridayApril 25	Switching architectures (Layer 2 ) DP	Tea Break	Layer 2 Lab PS/DP Lab Access [[17]] Lab-PDF [[18]]	Lunch	IP routing (addressing, subnetting, OSPF, BGP) Introduction to routing [[19]] Introduction to OSPF [[20]] Introduction to BGP [[21]] Layer 3 static lab [[22]] OSPF Lab [[23]] (PS)	Tea Break	IP routing Lab PS/DP
SaturdayApril 26	Troubleshooting Campus LAN [[24]] (MN)	Tea Break	SDNDP	Lunch Sponsored by NSRC at Jacaranda Hotel		Tea Break

Week 2

Day	9.00-10.30	10.30-10.50	10.50-13.00	1300-1400	1400-1600	1600-1620	1620-1800
MondayApril 28	Why Wireless? [[25]] JM	Tea Break	RF Channel and Modulation Fundamentals [[26]] CA	Lunch	Comparative use of unlicensed spectrum [[27]] JM	Tea Break	Antenna fundamentals [[28]] CA
TuesdayApril 29	Introduction to Wi-Fi [[29]] HC	Tea Break	Access point configuration [[30]] CA	Lunch	LAB: AP and client configuration [[31]] CA
WednesdayApril 30	Designing Scalable Wireless Networks in the campusCA	Tea Break	Wifi hardware and choicesHC	Lunch	Case Studies		Case Studies
FridayMay 2	Wireless Security: [[32]] JM Wireless Authentication [[33]]	Tea Break	Wireless Security LABJM/CA	Lunch	Wireless Troubleshooting CA		Roaming in the campus [[34]] HC
SaturdayMay 3	Eduroam [[35]] HM	Tea Break	Closing Ceremony	Lunch