WiNG5 Technical Training

(WEL2304, EMEAWiNG5)
Delivery method, duration, class size:
Instructor led course. Duration: 4(EMEAWING5B) or 3 (WEL2304) days. Maximum of 12 students.

Target audience:
Engineers and Network Administrators expected to configure and administer Motorola WiNG5 WLAN equipment.
This is a Professional Level course students are expected to know generic RF/Networking/Security theory. Please
check the list of pre-requisite knowledge and self-assessment.

Course description:
This course provides extensive hands-on experience (40 labs) with the features of the latest Motorola WiNG5
platform. Students start with bare metal and finish with WLAN controller cluster under hierarchical management,
SMART RF, multiple WLANs and security measures deployed. Includes basic and advanced troubleshooting
commands and techniques. Concepts of the new Distributed WLANs architecture and the new deployment options
are explained. The course is constantly updated with the latest WiNG5 release data.
There are two versions of the course, for students with different levels of experience. The content is almost the
same, the main difference being the pace. Please read the self-assessment section in this document.
EMEAWING5B is a 4-day version for students that do not have experience with WiNG3.x/4.x systems, or are just
starting to work with WLANs. It spends more time on basic topics like relative product positioning, efficient CLI
navigation and basic WiNG5 terms in order to provide better understanding of the subsequent concepts. The added
extra day allows for a slower pace with larger number of questions, theory explanations and experiments.
WEL2304 is a 3-day express version for experienced network engineers. It is an intense fast-paced hands-on that
spends less time on the basics in favour of the faster lab progress. The express version is only recommended to
students that have previous experience with WLANs and networking equipment. Completing 100% prerequisites is a
MUST. Otherwise please consider the standard 4-day version.
Course agenda
Motorola WiNG5 WLAN Introduction, Architecture and Portfolio Overview, Migration and Licensing*
WiNG5 Key concepts, Initial configuration, efficient use of WiNG5 CLI and GUI*
Networking Services, Traffic forwarding modes, VLAN tunnelling
Access Point adoption (L2 and L3, fine tuning, zero-touch)
WLAN features: PSK, RADIUS, Hotspot Implementation; and other advanced features
RF and WLAN optimizations: Smart RF, QoS, Load balancing
Security features: Wireless Firewall, Wireless IPS, Role-Based Access, other
WiNG5 advanced features overview: WAN, Mesh, NX Services
High Availability features: Clustering, VRRP, Critical Resource Monitoring, other
Architectural Solutions, including legacy (AP300) support, Hierarchical Management
Troubleshooting tools and additional exercises
Total

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Labs
8 labs
5 labs
6 labs
10 labs
2 labs
4 labs
2 labs
1 lab
2 labs
40 labs

Required Equipment (per student):

Student must bring to the class own equipment, as listed below. Equipment must be in good working order and
tested.

Laptop with
o RS-232 DB9 Port or COMUSB adapter (working and tested)
o RJ-45 Ethernet port, WiFi adapter, USB Port
o Web Browser (IE7/Firefox3.x+/Chrome) with Flash and Java
o Telnet/SSH Client (PuTTY recommended, HyperTerminal not recommended)
2 Wireless Clients (may use the laptop as one of them)
o Capable of WPA/WPA2-Personal (PSK) and WPA/WPA2-Enterprise (EAP)
should be configurable to use non-trusted certificates for EAP
TKIP and CCMP must be supported
Student must know how to configure EAP on their client
o Capable of pinging and receiving pings
o Tested:
Windows XP+ WZC (should know how to configure EAP in Windows)
Windows Mobile MPA1.5+ with Fusion
iOS 4+, Android 2.3+

Prerequisites:

Completion of the following courses on http://learning.motorolasolutions.com

o WLAN Technical Associate Certification (WTB1001)
o AEE1300 Basic RF, AEE1301 Basic IP
Knowledge of basic TCP/IP and Ethernet principles:
o L2 (MAC Frame, MAC Address, VLAN, 802.1q/p, how bridge/switch operates)
o L3 and onwards: (IP addressing, netmasks, routing tables, L3 packet forwarding, TCP/UDP
protocol/ports numbers, TCP 3-way handshake)
o How it works: Bridging/Switching, Routing, NAT/PAT, Tunnelling and Encapsulation (L2/L3)
Basic knowledge of 802.11 WLAN protocols and technologies
o RF Theory (dB, dBi, dBm), 802.11 (incl CSMA/CA, BSS, ESS, TIM), WMM, 802.11i
o How it works: association, authentication, roaming, AP modes (bridge/router)
Basic security knowledge:
o WLAN authentication and encryption mechanisms,
o How it works: 802.1x, RADIUS (EAP/PEAP/TLS/etc), Stateful Firewall
o Ability to configure EAP on your wireless client device (see Equipment)
Experience:
o EMEAWING5B: IP networking/WLAN experience is recommended
o WEL2304: IOS-like CLI experience and WiNG3.x/4.x experience.

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Self-assessment:
Check if you will feel confident in the classroom. The express version of the course assumes you know 100% of the
topics covered.
1. Networking/Wi-Fi/RF:
1.1.
1.2.
1.3.
1.4.
1.5.

1.6.
1.7.
1.8.
1.9.

Can you assign an IP address to a physical port of an L3 switch?

What is a trunks native VLAN for?
Does AP need IP address to be adopted on L2?
What is BSS and ESS? What is the difference between BSSID and ESSID?
You have an isotropic radiator. You measure RSSI at distances of 5m, 10m, 50m and 100m from the
source. How is signal loss (in dB) at a segment of 5m to 10m related to loss on a segment from 50m to
100m?
Explain the L2 switch forwarding algorithm (three main rules).
The device (that has a default gateway defined) sends an IP packet to a device in a different IP network.
What will be the source/destination IP and MAC addresses in the packet?
Why is multipath bad for 802.11a/b/g and good for 802.11n?
Why you cant mark non-802.1q tagged packets with 802.1p QoS?

2. Security:
2.1. WEP, TKIP, AES, CCMP, WPA, WPA2, WPA-Personal / WPA-Enterprise, WPA2-Personal / WPA2Enterprise, WPA Mixed Mode
2.2. 802.1x, 802.11x, 802.11i
2.3. What is the authentication mode in WPA2-PSK WLAN?
2.4. What is PMK Caching?
2.5. A wireless client is connecting to the AP that communicates to external RADIUS server. Which is these
devices is the RADIUS client?
2.6. What is the difference between Stateful and Stateless firewall?
2.7. How is IPS different from IDS?
3. Online Prerequisites self-check (refer to WEE1607):
3.1. What is 3-digit vs 4-digit AP?
3.2. Where does packet encryption/decryption happen in WiNG5?
3.3. What is RF Domain?
a) What is the one parameter that must be defined in the RF Domain?
b) You have controller and two remote sites, how many RF Domains you want to create?
3.4. What is the purpose of a profile?
3.5. What is device override and what do you use it for?
a) Can you name some parameters that can be specified only as overrides?
b) What is the only exception in device override behaviour?
3.6. How is a device identified in the master config file?
a) How do you find the Base MAC of the device?
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