WiFi courses/vendors recommendation

[josh at spitwspots.com (Josh Reynolds)]

If he's wanting to make a "metro/muni/variousterm" "wireless" network 
though, he's very likely not going to be using "Wi-Fi" at all. Sure, 
many of the products may have a WiFi PHY layer, but for outdoor PtMP 
environments you're talking TDMA, not CSMA.

He would be better served by some RF Engineering and vendor specific 
courses, IMO.

(Just my $0.02 as having spent quite a bit of time in the WISP industry, 
who has watched these "metro/muni/variousterm" networks die over and 
over and over again.)

Josh Reynolds
CIO, SPITwSPOTS
www.spitwspots.com

On 06/02/2015 05:06 PM, labguy at gmail.com wrote:
> With respect to vendor neutral training I would suggest starting with CWNP
> @ www.cwnp.com.
>
> They specialize in providing vendor-neutral Wi-Fi training and
> certification.  Instructor led training is available via certified training
> partners.   In addition, there are study guides available for purchase.
> CWTS (lvl 0) - Intro - terms & lingo
> CWNA (lvl 1) - Wi-Fi 101
> CWSP (lvl 2) - Wi-Fi Security
> CWDP (lvl 2) - Wi-Fi Design
> CWAP (lvl2) - Wi-Fi Protocol Analysis
> CWNE (lvl3)....
>
> I recommend completing some or all the CWNP training to understand how
> Wi-Fi works.  Once you understand how Wi-Fi works, you'll know how to
> design and configure a network to meet your design goals.  Next, complement
> your vendor neutral training with applicable vendor specific training to
> understand their interface and specific nuances.  Moving to another vendor
> is just a matter of learning where the nerd knobs are for configuring their
> product as you'll already know the fundamentals of Wi-Fi.
>
>
> Kindest regards,
> Troy
>
> --
> *Troy Martin* |  M 403.966.4370
>
> On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 2:18 AM, George Tasioulis <george.tasioulis at gmail.com
>> wrote:
>> On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 8:23 PM, Hugo Slabbert <hugo at slabnet.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Doubt how much PoE you'd use for the MetroWifi stuff, but for the
>>> "small/medium events Wifi coverage":
>>>
>>>   Ubiquiti Networks.
>>>>> Its cheap and it works great. Support sucks though.
>>>>>
>>> Just watch it here if you're expecting to plug UniFi APs into standard
>>> 802.3af/at ports and get power.  When I last interacted with them
>> (customer
>>> equipment; year or two old, I believe) a lot of their WAPs are 24V, not
>>> 802.3af/at.
>>
>> Only their UniFi AP & AP-LR are 24V, all the rest of their product line
>> (AP-PRO, AP-AC as well as the outdoor units) are 802.3af or 802.3at
>> compliant.
>> You can easily overcome this limitation by using their 8-port ToughSwitch
>> were each POE port can be configured to either 24V or 48V.
>> IMHO Ubiquity's UniFi is a very decent solution when you want to keep
>> budget low.
>>
>> - G.
>>