Campus wlan & BMO training
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Campus wlan & Bandwidth Management and Optimisation Training
This will be an intense hands-on five (5) day training to teach skills required for bandwidth management and optimization at the Campus environment
Objective
The main objective of the training is to empower the various network administrators from the various institutions with skills that will enable them to effectively manage the networks of the various institutions that they represent. This will enable them to ensure the bandwidth they are been provided with is been used for academic work and not been consumed by viruses, spam, peer-to-peer traffic and other malware.
Who Should Attend?
This course is designed for technical staff that operates a TCP/IP network and intends to provide connectivity to both students and faculty.
Requirements
The participants are required to be conversant with Linux/Unix commands. All participants are required to submit current network diagrams for discussion during the Case Studies. Each participant is also required to bring a laptop.
Course content
This is a hands on training experience where the participants will setup a Bandwidth Management and Optimization Box using a wide variety of tools in both Unix and Linux.
The training will begin by introducing the students to the importance of network management and best campus design principles. The training will also give them skills on how to troubleshoot common campus network problems and teach them how to install and manage network monitoring tools. They will also be taught bandwidth management principles within a campus environment and how to develop and implement bandwidth policies.
Course Cost
This is a cost recovery based training and the Participants will contribute an amount to cater for their accommodation and the trainers time. This cost will cost USD1000 Per Participant.
Registration
All participants will be nominated by the ICT Director/ ICT Head at the Institution . All nominations should be received by 15th July 2013
Timetable
Week 1
Monday
8-10:Introduction, Registration & Welcome MK/MN
10-13:Introduction to campus network KA [[1]]
14-16:Campus Network design/best practices KA [[2]]
16-18:Case studies: interactive session:[3] PM
Tuesday
8-10:Why wireless? introduction to wifi MN [[4]]
10-13: Wireless network best practices/Designing scalable wireless networks in Campus LAN: Interactive session:PM
14-16WLAN Device selection: MN [[5]] Check device website for relevant datasheets
16-18:Interactive Session: MN
Wednesday
8-10:Introduction to network monitoring [6]HM
10-13:Network monitoring lab: basic nagios, cacti, webmin[7] HM
14-16:Network monitoring lab: basic nagios, cacti, webmin HM
Cacti exercise [8] cacti webpage [9]
Nagios+nconf exercise [10]
Smokeping exercise [11] smokeping screenshot [12]
16-18:Interactive session: KA
Thursday
8-10:Wireless network monitoring and management[13] KA
10-13:Wireless security [14]MN
14-16:lab AP configuration [15] :security, monitoring MN
16-18: Interactive session KA
Friday
8-10:Wireles security:IEEE802.1x+radius: HM
10-13:eduroam MW
14-16interactive: migrating campus to eduroam,noise &interference, byod KA
16-18interactive: migrating campus to eduroam,noise &interference, byod KA
Saturday
8-10:Basic troubleshooting LAN/WLAN & RECAP: PM
10-13:
14-16
16-18
WEEK 2
Monday
8-10:Advanced network troubleshooting:tcp/ip stack,ping, traceroute mtr dig PM
10-13:DHCP DNS HM
14-16:Lab/Interactive session HM/PM
16-18:Lab/Interactive session HM/PM
Tuesday
8-10:The bandwidth challenge PM
10-13:squid HM
14-16:lab:Installation of squid HM
16-18:Interactive session MN
Wednesday
8-10:Advanced squid: wpad, HM
10-13:Advanced squid: wpad, HM
14-16:LAb: HM
16-18:Interactive session KA
Group Dinner
Thursday
8-10:Introduction to cyber security PM
10-13:Advanced cyber security KA
14-16:LAB: Scanning websites, Linux firewall PM/HM
16-18: Interactive session MN
Friday
8-10:Network policies: WLAN, BYOD,etc MW
10-13: Training Certificate Issuance & Closing Ceremony MK
Network policies: Acceptable use policy security policy PM
14-16: Network documentation: HM
16-18:Interactive session KA
Presenters
MK - Meoli Kashorda KA- Kennedy Aseda MW - Maureen Wanja PM - Peter Muia HM - Hezron Mwangi
