Course objective

This course is a blend of both theoretical and hands-on Lab experience.

Successful candidates will gain the skills and knowledge to deploy, configure and troubleshoot ExtremeWireless Core.

Delivery method

Instructor led classroom, Virtual classroom, Self-paced video learning

Course duration

2 or 4 Days

Course Overview

This class will give the students a good technical understanding of the ExtremeWireless CORE technologies. There will also be practical, hands-on-labs, where the students will get to setup and configure this type of technology to supplement the theoretical learning.

Prerequisites

A thorough understanding of wireless networking, wired networking and associated protocols.

Agenda

Solution Overview

• ExtremeWireless Landscape
• WiNG at a glance
• What’s New In WiNG 7
• 11ax Introduction
• WPA3 Introduction
• Dual Mode Capability
• ExtremeWireless WiNG hardware overview
• Configuration Model
• ExtremeWireless WiNG configuration model concepts such as RF Domain, Profile, Device overrides, WLAN and Policy
• Final device configuration

Mint Protocol

• MiNT protocol link layers and link levels
• Forming MiNT links

AP Adoption

• Finding a controller using L2 and L3 adoption
• Understanding and configuring L2 and L3 adoption

Zero Touch Provisioning

• Describing the provisioning policy
• Provisioning policy wildcards

Supported Deployments and Provisioning

• Reference designs for single and central site/multi-site deployments
• Scalability considerations
• General best practices and common design mistakes

Clustering

• Clustering overview
• Clustering setup

Virtual Controller

• VC overview
• VC configuration

Initial Configuration

• Initial device setup
• Resetting APs to factory defaults
• Configure management access settings via Management Policy

Software Management

• Mixed mode
• Image types
• Software upgrade

Wireless LANs

• WLAN configuration
• WLAN forwarding modes
• WLAN assignments, authentication methods, and encryption
• AAA Policy
• QoS policies and mappings

Advanced WLAN Features

• Configuring SMART RF
• Using SMART RF statistics to analyse WLAN state and potential issues
• WLAN optimization features

Integrated Services

• DHCP server
• Radius server
• Role Based Access Control (RBAC)
• IPsec VPN

Captive Portal

• Hotspot deployment options and defining policies
• Authentication methods used to verify user registrations
• Enforcing authentication methods
• User and device registration and notification methods

Security Features

• Stateful L2+ Distributed Firewall features
• Firewall SPI, IP ACLs, ACLS, DOS detection, and storm control
• Variations of Wireless IPS (WIPS)

Mesh Features

• MeshConnex overview
• Opportunistic Rate Link Adaption (ORLA)
• Configuring MeshConnex

Troubleshooting and Remote Diagnostics

• Troubleshooting rules and processes
• Different levels of log messages (log file, CLI, or remote syslog)
• Live packet capture, different capture modes, and using capture points and filters
• Remote debugging on the captive portal
• Opening GTAC case

NSight

• NSight overview
• Using NSight for monitoring and troubleshooting

Extreme Guest

• Extreme Guest overview and features

Location Sensor

• Extreme Location Sensor
• Configuring WiNG to support Extreme Location

What’s new?

• Recent firmware releases overview