[180432] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: WiFi courses/vendors recommendation
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (labguy@gmail.com)
Tue Jun 2 21:06:45 2015
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Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2015 19:06:42 -0600
From: <labguy@gmail.com>
To: George Tasioulis <george.tasioulis@gmail.com>
Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
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With respect to vendor neutral training I would suggest starting with CWNP
@ www.cwnp.com.
They specialize in providing vendor-neutral Wi-Fi training and
certification. Instructor led training is available via certified training
partners. In addition, there are study guides available for purchase.
CWTS (lvl 0) - Intro - terms & lingo
CWNA (lvl 1) - Wi-Fi 101
CWSP (lvl 2) - Wi-Fi Security
CWDP (lvl 2) - Wi-Fi Design
CWAP (lvl2) - Wi-Fi Protocol Analysis
CWNE (lvl3)....
I recommend completing some or all the CWNP training to understand how
Wi-Fi works. Once you understand how Wi-Fi works, you'll know how to
design and configure a network to meet your design goals. Next, complement
your vendor neutral training with applicable vendor specific training to
understand their interface and specific nuances. Moving to another vendor
is just a matter of learning where the nerd knobs are for configuring their
product as you'll already know the fundamentals of Wi-Fi.
Kindest regards,
Troy
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*Troy Martin* | M 403.966.4370
On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 2:18 AM, George Tasioulis <george.tasioulis@gmail.com
> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 8:23 PM, Hugo Slabbert <hugo@slabnet.com> wrote:
>
> > Doubt how much PoE you'd use for the MetroWifi stuff, but for the
> > "small/medium events Wifi coverage":
> >
> > Ubiquiti Networks.
> >>>
> >>> Its cheap and it works great. Support sucks though.
> >>>
> >>
> > Just watch it here if you're expecting to plug UniFi APs into standard
> > 802.3af/at ports and get power. When I last interacted with them
> (customer
> > equipment; year or two old, I believe) a lot of their WAPs are 24V, not
> > 802.3af/at.
>
>
> Only their UniFi AP & AP-LR are 24V, all the rest of their product line
> (AP-PRO, AP-AC as well as the outdoor units) are 802.3af or 802.3at
> compliant.
> You can easily overcome this limitation by using their 8-port ToughSwitch
> were each POE port can be configured to either 24V or 48V.
> IMHO Ubiquity's UniFi is a very decent solution when you want to keep
> budget low.
>
> - G.
>
