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.
Contents
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.