Description
| Duration: | 2 days |
| Objectives: | By the end of this training session, the student will be able to understand major RouterOS Enterprise WiFi features, how WiFi works and implement CAPsMAN into real life WiFi setups. |
| Target Audience: | Network engineers and technicians wanting to deploy and support:
Corporate WiFi networks based on MikroTik Controlled Access Point system Manager (CAPsMAN) Simple Layer 2 wireless bridges using MikroTik 60GHz Wireless Wire Technology |
| Course prerequisites: | MTCNA certificate |
| Title | Objective | ||
| Module 1
Wireless Introduction |
| Wireless routers
RouterBOARD hardware with integrated wireless MikroTik wireless cards |
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| | Module 1 laboratory | ||
| Module 2
RF Wireless Characteristics |
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The RF Radio Spectrum and Electromagnetic Energy
Decibels Antenna theory and examples of use Isotropic Directional Omnidirectional |
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| | Antenna polarization | ||
| | Initial class setup | ||
| | Attenuation/absorption and reflective properties of building materials and how they affect radio signals | ||
| | 2.4/5GHz indoor/outdoor cell sizes and transmitter powers | ||
| | Client roaming | ||
| | RouterOS station roaming setting | ||
| | Co-channel and Adjacent-channel interference | ||
| | Choosing correct access point placement | ||
| | Physical network infrastructure | ||
| | Understanding ‘Airtime’ | ||
| | Module 2 laboratory | ||
| Module 3
Wireless Standards |
| 802.11
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a/b/g/n/ac wireless protocol
802.11 standards features overview Bands, channels (frequencies) and channel widths |
| | Scan list | ||
| | Modulation schemes and MCS data rates | ||
| | Channel bonding | ||
| | Frame aggregation overview | ||
| | Chains (SISO, MIMO and MU-MIMO) | ||
| | CSMA/CA overview | ||
| | HW protection (RTS/CTS) | ||
| | QoS priorities / WMM® | ||
| | Future standards (802.11ax) | ||
| | Module 3 laboratory | ||
| Module 4
Country / Regulatory Domain Settings in CAPsMAN |
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Antenna gain and control of maximum EIRP
Setting antenna gain on CAP Selecting the country code and purpose of ‘installation’ setting |
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| | Dynamic frequency selection (DFS radar detect) | ||
| | Module 4 laboratory | ||
| Module 5
Non CAPsMAN Wireless Modes |
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Extending coverage with repeaters and extenders
Bridging with MikroTik 60GHz Wireless Wire products Module 5 laboratory |
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| Module 6
Wireless Security |
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Authentication (Open / Shared)
Encryption (WEP, WPA™ TKIP, WPA2™ AES) |
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| | Weaknesses of older encryption (WEP / WPA™ TKIP) | ||
| | Overview of 802.11X (RADIUS and EAP) | ||
| | Performance difference of TKIP vs. AES | ||
| | Basic access list (ACL) management | ||
| | Mitigating against most common known vulnerabilities of
802.11 |
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| | Module 6 laboratory | ||
| Module 7
Wireless Troubleshooting |
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Troubleshooting wireless clients
Registration table analysis TX/RX signal strength |
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| | Signal to noise ratio | ||
| | CCQ, frames and HW frames, hardware retries | ||
| | Data rates | ||
| | Analysing the System log for wireless problems | ||
| | Scan, background scan | ||
| | Frequency usage | ||
| | Wireless snooper | ||
| | Wireless sniffer | ||
| | Module 7 laboratory | ||
| Module 8
Wireless Surveys |
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Pre-install site surveys
Spectrum analysis overview |
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| | Prediction software overview | ||
| | Post-install validation surveys | ||
| | Module 8 laboratory | ||
| Module 9 CAPsMAN v2 |
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MikroTik CAPsMAN version 2 features
CAP hardware/software requirements |
| | L2 (broadcast/multicast) vs L3 (via UDP) CAPs communication methods | |
| | Using DHCP option 138 | |
| | Configuration of a CAP
CAPsMAN discovery and selection by CAP Authentication and locking by SSL certificates Auto certificate & locking Auto upgrading feature Securing the CAP configuration |
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| | CAPsMAN configuration settings (channels, datapaths, security configurations, data rates) | |
| | Provisioning CAP Interfaces (single and dual band APs) | |
| | Datapath / local forwarding | |
| | Dynamic vs static CAP interfaces on CAPsMAN | |
| | Virtual AP (additional SSIDs) | |
| | Static interfaces on CAPs (slave virtual interfaces with
VLANs) |
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| | Access list features | |
| | Module 9 laboratory |
