NSRC-RENU-UMI Campus Wireless and Network Monitoring Workshop

Dates: 14-18, September
Location: Kampala, Uganda
Host: Organisation - ​Uganda Management Institute
Venue:UMI-VC Conference Room

Campus Wireless and Network Monitoring

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Workshop Goals

This 5-day workshop provides the principles and components of the design and integration of wireless services into the campus LAN (WLAN)

Target Audience

Network/systems administrators and engineers from Universities and research organisations, who are responsible for network maintenance and planning.

Prerequisites

• Medium to good knowledge of the UNIX/Linux command line environment
• Basic knowledge of TCP/IP networking

Participants are required to bring laptops.

Workshop topics

• Introduction to Wireless Networking - Standards, Modes, Spectrum, Modulation
• Low cost wireless networking
• Basic Radio Physics
• Antennas & Transmission Lines
• Link budget & dB Math
• Low cost wifi hardware choice & procurement
• AP configuration, flashing
• Security concepts, tools & resources
• Wireless authentication models & mechanisms
• Troubleshooting

Objectives

At the end of the workshop students will be able to:

• Explain core concepts of Wireless Networking such as Standards, Modes, Spectrum and Modulation
• Explain and deploy low cost wireless networking
• Explain the concepts of Basic Radio Physics
• Explain concepts regarding Antennas & Transmission Lines
• Explain concepts regarding Link budget & dB Math
• Explain concepts regarding Low cost wifi hardware choice & procurement
• Explain and demonstrate skills regarding AP configuration, flashing
• Explain concepts regarding wireless security concepts, tools & resources
• Employ various techniques to perform wireless network troubleshooting tasks

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