AUDIENCE:   This course targets experienced networking professionals who wish to gain critical, detailed skills in wireless networking analysis. These skills include an in-depth understanding of the frame structure of 802.11 frames, frame exchange processes between wireless nodes, analysing security solutions for both effectiveness and weaknesses, analysing performance in both pure and mixed-mode environments, and using analysers for site surveying and intrusion detection. The Certified Wireless Analysis Professional course is for serious IT professionals with a desire to get to the root cause of any problem or situation in the most expedient manner possible. Detailed analysis at the physical and data link layers is one of the most comprehensive troubleshooting methodologies that can be conducted for wireless networks. PREREQUISITES:   Delegates need to have attended the Certified Wireless Network Administrator (CWNA) Training Course prior to coming on this course. DURATION:   5 days. Hands on. OBJECTIVES:   The Certified Wireless LAN Analysis course, the preparation course for the CWAP™ certification, delivers 40 hours of hands-on practical training using the latest enterprise-class wireless LAN analysis hardware and software. This 5-day course addresses in detail 802.11 frame structure and exchange processes, wireless LAN performance, wireless LAN security analysis, and wireless LAN troubleshooting. Students who complete the course will acquire the necessary skills for analysing and troubleshooting any wireless LAN system through a thorough education in the 802.11 frame structure, frame exchange processes specified by the 802.11 standard, and extensive hands-on training in the industry’s leading wireless LAN protocol analyser hardware and software: AirMagnet Network Chemistry Network Instruments TamoSoft WildPackets. All attendees receive hands-on experience installing, configuring, and employing five market-leading wireless LAN analysis products. Students gain a first-hand understanding of the need for analysis products, common problems that can be solved using analysis products, and common features of analysis products. Just one unique characteristic of this course is its endorsement by 90% of the wireless LAN analysis industry’s vendors. COURSE CONTENT:   Physical Layer PLCP and PMD Sub-layers PLCP header fields and subfields DCF Mode Interframe Spacing Backoff Algorithms Frame exchange processes PCF Mode Media access rules Frame exchange processes MAC frame fields and subfields MAC layer addressing BSS ESS WDS 802.11e topical coverage Wired connectivity standards for access points and bridges 802.1h RFC1042 Using wireless LAN protocol analysers Performance analysis Security analysis Distributed analysis Protocol decode analysis Site Surveying Application Analysis Use of 802.11 series of standards terminology MPDU MMPDU MSDU PPDU PSDU Hands-on Labs WildPackets AiroPeek NX - Introduction AiroPeek NX – Intermediate WildPackets iNetTools AiroPeek NX - Performance and Security Analysis AiroPeek NX – Distributed Analysis with RF Grabber Network Instruments Observer – Introduction Observer – Intermediate Observer – Integrated Network Analysis Tools Observer – Distributed Analysis with Advanced Multiprobes Observer – Performance Analysis AirMagnet AirMagnet Trio – Introduction AirMagnet Trio – Intermediate AirMagnet Trio – Integrated Networking Tools AirMagnet Trio/Reporter – Performance and Security Analysis AirMagnet Distributed with Hardware Sensors TamoSoft CommView for WiFi – Introduction CommView for WiFi – Intermediate Essential NetTools CommView for WiFi – Performance and Security Analysis Network Chemistry Intrusion Protection System with Neutrino Sensors Packet Capture with Packetyzer Fusion Management Application