Wireless Network Administration

Fundamental Wireless Technologies:
- Standardization bodies
- Radio and antennas
- the IEEE 802.11 standards
- WLAN Technology and Topology

Security in Wireless networks:
- Authentication
- Encryption
- General relevant security technologies
- Access-points

Autonomous Access-points
- Traffic flow trough the air, and to cables
- AP Discovery and Association.
- Network monitoring and troubleshooting.
- Controller based networks

Central administration of wireless networks
- Lightweight access-points.
- Traffic flow in controller-based wireless networks 
- Roaming
- Network monitoring and troubleshooting.

Knowledge:
- Candidates are capable of planning wireless networks, considering adequate stability and capacity.
- Candidates are capable of understanding how data flows in wireless networks, and which security issues are present.

Skills:
- Candidates can plan, install, configure and monitor wireless networks in small and medium-sized installations.
- Candidates can do justified choices regarding safety, particularly regarding authentication and encryption.
- Candidates are able to systematically do troubleshooting, and correct errors in existing installations.

General competence:
- Candidates are able to explain the needs and use of wireless networks in small and medium-sized organization. In particular in relation to other infrastructure.

Lectures, lab work and problem tasks.

No mandatory work.