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Certified Wireless Analysis Professional Class CWAP


The CWAPª (Certified Wireless Analysis Professional) certification will advance your career by ensuring you have the skills to maximize the performance of a wireless network and reduce the time spent troubleshooting problems. Do something new for your career today.


CWAP is an advanced level wireless LAN certification for the CWNP Program.


Benefits of Your CWAP Certification
* Saves you money on costly hardware upgrades by maximizing your network's performance
* Increases your productivity through the understanding of 802.11 standards
* Reduces the time you will spend troubleshooting problems
* Decreases user complaints by teaching you how to keep your network running smoothlyWireless LAN Analysis, the preparation course for the CWAP certification, offers 40 hours of hands-on learning 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 and security analysis, and wireless LAN troubleshooting


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, analyzing security solutions for both effectiveness and weaknesses, analyzing performance in both pure and mixed-mode environments, and using analyzers for site surveying and intrusion detection. The analysis 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 complex tasks that can be performed in the wireless LAN industry, saved for the industry's elite.


Class Fee: $2,495*
Time: 8:30am - 5pm e
Learning Level: CWNA class or CWNA Exam
CPE Credits: 40
Prerequisites: Before taking this class, participants have to take teh CWNA class or passed the CWNA test

Aircrack to crack WEP in about 10 minutes
Aircrack will also crack PPTP logins
coWPAtty to crack WPA

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Class Outline:
Students who complete the course will acquire the necessary skills for analyzing 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 installing, configuring, and utilizing five market-leading analysis products::
* AirMagnet
* Network Chemistry
* Network Instruments
* TamoSoft
* WildPackets
* Cognio
* Roving Planet

Students will 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. One unique characteristic about this course is its endorsement by 90% of the wireless LAN analysis industry's vendors.

Certification: This course may be used - and is the ideal track - for preparing students for the CWAP exam (exam # PW0-205), which is delivered at all Prometric Testing Centers worldwide. The CWAP certification is the first and only vendor-neutral certification that focuses solely on testing the IT professional's knowledge of wireless LAN analysis and troubleshooting.


Prerequisites: The CWNA certification is recommended prior to attending the CWAP class. CWNA certification is required before taking the CWAP exam. It is recommended that all students become familiar with one or more of the hardware and software solutions that are utilized in the class prior to attending the CWAP class.


Hands-on Lab Exercises


These are the actual labs taught in the Wireless LAN Analysis Course:


WildPackets
* AiroPeek NX - Intro
AiroPeek NX - Intermediate
WildPackets iNetTools
AiroPeek NX - Performance and Security Analysis
AiroPeek NX - Distributed Analysis with RF Grabber
Network Instruments


* Observer - Intro
Observer - Intermediate
Observer - Integrated Network Analysis Tools
Observer - Distributed Analysis with Advanced Multiprobes
Observer - Performance Analysis
Network Chemistry


* Intrusion Protection System with Neutrino Sensors
Packet Capture with Packetyzer
Fusion Management Application
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 - Intro
CommView for WiFi - Intermediate
Essential NetTools
CommView for WiFi - Performance and Security Analysis
Roving Planet


* Multi Wireless Device Monitoring and prevention
Course Outline
The following list contains the materials covered in the lecture portion of the course:


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 analyzers

* 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

Daily Schedule
When the course is taught over a 5-day period, the below schedule outlines which topics will be covered each day.

Day 1
Discussion Topics
* Physical Layer
* DCF Mode
* PCF Mode
* MAC frame fields and subfields
* MAC layer addressing
* 802.11e topical coverage
* Wired connectivity standards for access points and bridges
* Using wireless LAN protocol analyzers
* Use of 802.11 series of standards terminology

Day 2
Lab Exercises - Wildpackets AiroPeek NX 2.03
* Lab 1 - AiroPeek NX - Introduction
* Lab 2 - AiroPeek NX - Intermediate
* Lab 3 - iNetTools
* Lab 4 - AiroPeek NX - Performance and Security Analysis
* Lab 5 - AiroPeek NX - Distributed Analysis with RF Grabber

Day 3
Lab Exercises - Network Instruments Observer 9.0
* Lab 1 - Observer - Introduction
* Lab 2 - Observer - Intermediate
* Lab 3 - Observer - Integrated Network Analysis Tools
* Lab 4 - Observer - Distributed Analysis with Advanced Multiprobes
* Lab 5 - Observer - Performance Analysis

Day 4
Lab Exercises - AirMagnet Trio/Reporter v3.1 and AirMagnet Distributed v4.0
* Lab 1 - AirMagnet Trio - Introduction
* Lab 2 - AirMagnet Trio - Intermediate
* Lab 3 - AirMagnet Trio - Integrated Networking Tools
* Lab 4 - AirMagnet Trio/Reporter - Performance and Security Analysis
* Lab 5 - AirMagnet Distributed with Hardware Sensors

Day 5
Lab Exercises - Tamosoft CommView for WiFi v4.2 & Network Chemistry WiFi IPS
Tamosoft
* Lab 1 - CommView for WiFi - Introduction
* Lab 2 - CommView for WiFi - Intermediate
* Lab 3 - Essential NetTools
* Lab 4 - CommView for WiFi - Performance and Security Analysis

Network Chemistry
* Lab 1 - Intrusion Protection System with Fusion & Neutrino Sensors - Beginner
* Lab 2 - Intrusion Protection System with Fusion & Neutrino Sensors - Advanced
* Lab 3 - Packet Capture and Detailed Analysis with Packetyzer

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