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This month we will be taking a look at the Certified Wireless Analysis Professional (CWAP) certification. With the help of CWNP and the Airheads Community members we will assist you in achieving the CWAP certification. If you already have the CWAP cert chime in and give us a good understanding of what to key on, help us put together a study guide to assist in acheiving the certification.
The CWAP certification is a professional level wireless LAN certification for the CWNP Program. The CWAP certification will advance your career by ensuring you have the skills to successfully analyze, troubleshoot, and optimize any enterprise Wi-Fi network, no matter which brand of Wi-Fi gear your organization deploys. To earn a CWAP certification, you must hold a current and valid CWNA credential.
CWAP Exam Summary
The main subject areas covered by CWAP
Understanding 802.11 Medium Contention
Breakout - Packets never lie: An in-depth overview of 802.11 frames
802.11 Physical (PHY) Layer Frame Formats and Technologies
OSI Layers
Physical Medium Dependent (PMD)
PLCP Service Data Unit (PSDU)
802.11 MAC Layer Frame Formats and Technologies
What is Layer 2 Mobility and how it works
MAC Service Data Unit (MSDU)
MAC ACL Synchronize
Does Aruba support Aggregated MAC Service Data Unit (A-MSDU)?
802.11 Operation and Frame Exchanges
802.11
802.11 Basics and RF Fundamentals
802.11 / RF Troubleshooting Best Practices
Spectrum Analysis and Troubleshooting
Spectrum Analysis
Electromagnetic Spectrum
Configuring spectrum monitoring
Spectrum Analyzer
Radio frequency spectrum management (RFSM)
Beginners Guide to Spectrum Analysis
Using Spectrum Analysis to Troubleshoot Wireless Problem - Mar 2014
Distributed spectrum analysis system (DSAS)
Managing and Optimizing RF Spectrum for Aruba WLANs
[VIDEO] Spectrum Analysis User Interface
Aruba Spectrum Monitor - Jan 2013
What is Background Spectrum Monitoring in Aruba Instant APs?
How to configure an IAP for Spectrum Monitor and where to analyse the results?
For the Beginner - Create a Spectrum Analysis AP-Group
Protocol Analysis and Troubleshooting
How-to: IAP wireless packet capture
For the Beginner - Packet Capture from Aruba AP
How to configure wireshark to receive packet capture from Instant AP?
How to start a packet capture on the Aruba controller
How do I enable packet capture on the controller?
Why don?t some packets, such as ACKs or CTS frames, show up in the AP raw packet capture? And how does AP packet capture work?
Debugging DHCP packets on Aruba Instant (IAP)
How to capture wireless traffic on an Instant AP?
Great! I´m reading the book at the moment. Will keep an eye on this thread :)
I was wondering if I should attempt this after the Wireshark cert?