Implementing Cisco Unified Wireless Networking Essentials Exam, 640-721

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IUWNE, Implementing Cisco Unified Wireless Networking Essentials exam tests a candidate’s knowledge and skills in configuration, and setting up of WLANs. This involves the troubleshooting and other operational and installation issues in small to medium sized WLANs. The 640-721 exam has 70 to 85 questions, duration of 90 minutes, and comes in eight languages: English, French, Chinese, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish and Portuguese. Implementing Cisco Unified Wireless Networking Essentials exam, a CCNA wireless certification, gifts its successful candidates with a globally recognized and one of the top most certifications in the IT world, Cisco Certification.
The multiple-choice 640-721 exam covers the following topics:

WLAN fundamentals
• Basics of spread spectrum technology
• Impact of wireless technologies; Bluetooth, ZigBee, Cell phone, and WiMAX
• Description of wireless regulators, the certifications of wireless regulatory bodies such as FCC and ETSI
• WLAN – WLAN RF principles; gain and loss of RF, EIRP (Effective Isotopic Radiated Power), types of antenna, reflection ...
... and refraction.
• Description of wireless technologies and wireless topologies; BSS – Basic Service Set, IBSS – Independent Basic Service Set, bridging, etc
• Authentication and encryption methods
• Frame types; management, data, control, shared and unshared
• Basic RF deployment considerations, its relation to site design, VoWLAN applications, RF interference sources, AP location, and basic RF survey design

Installation of a Basic Cisco Wireless LAN
• Components of the Cisco Unified Wireless Network architecture – LWAPP, split MAC, difference between controller-based AP and stand-alone AP
• Configuration of autonomous access points
• Description of controller-based AP deployment modes; sniffer, local, rogue detector, OEAP, bridge, monitor, SE-Connect and HREAP
• Association and discovery controller AP-discovery description; Primary, secondary, tertiary, Master- Controller
• Roaming description; layer 2, layer 3, mobility list, intra-controller/inter-controller
• WLAN controller configuration and WLC access points
• Radio Resource Management (RRM) fundamentals
• Basic wireless network operation verification

Wireless Clients installation
• Identification of basic configuration of common wireless supplicants; Intel, Windows, MAC, Android and iOS
• Configuration requirements of client WLAN, including authentication, security selection, and SSID (Service Set Identifier)
• Wireless configuration parameters
• Capabilities available in CCX versions 1 to 5

Basic WLAN security Implementation
• Configuration and description of different authentication methods such as PSK, PEAP, LEAP, etc
• Security components of wireless security (encryption, IPS, authentication) and general framework and description of wireless security
• Configuration and description of encryption methods
• Configuration and description of different sources of authentication

Operating Basic WCS
• Key functions of wireless control system
• WCS Interface navigation

Conducting basic WLAN troubleshooting and Maintenance
• Usage and identification of basic WLAN troubleshooting tools
• Usage of WLC and AP

Implementing Cisco Unified Wireless Networking Essentials exam will have the questions from the above listed topics as well as related topics about Cisco wireless technology.

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