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646-401 WLAN

Wireless LAN AM Exam

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Exam Number:     646-401
Associated Certifications: See Wireless Partner Specialization
Duration: 75 minutes (55-65 questions)
Available Languages: English
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Exam Description    Exam Topics
  Exam Description  
 

The Wireless LAN AM exam (WLAN 646-401) is a requirement for achieving a Cisco Channel Partner Wireless Specialization.

 
  Exam Topics  
 
RLO1 - Positioning Wireless LANS
•  Explain what a Cisco WLAN solution is and how it helps an organization to communicate
•  Identify the business drivers for recommending Cisco WLAN solutions to help customers communicate information simply, securely, and cost-effectively
•  Explain how Cisco WLAN solutions work
•  Present the network management features of WLAN solutions
•  Present the service and support offered for Cisco WLAN solutions that enables enterprise companies to deploy their networks with confidence
•  Demonstrate how implementing Cisco WLAN solutions will help organization achieve their overall business goals
•  Demonstrate how implementing Cisco WLAN solutions will help organizations achieve their overall technology goals
•  Present the financial case for implementing Cisco WLAN solutions, and show how these solutions can provide a measurable return on investment (ROI)

RLO2 - Positioning In-Building Wireless Products
•  Explain what Cisco WLAN Access Points, Client Adapters, In-Building Antennas, and Workgroup Bridges are and what they do
•  Explain how Cisco WLAN Access Points, Client Adapters, In-Building Antennas, and Workgroup work
•  Explain the features and standards of Cisco WLAN Access Points, Client Adapters, In-Building Antennas, and Workgroup Bridges
•  Position Cisco WLAN Access Points, Client Adapters, In-Building Antennas, and Workgroup Bridges effectively against the competition

RLO3 - Positioning Building-to-Building Wireless Products
•  Explain what Cisco Wireless Bridges and Building-to-Building Antennas are and what they do
•  Explain how Cisco Wireless Bridges and Building-to-Building Antennas work
•  Explain the features and standards of Cisco Wireless Bridges and Building-to-Building Antennas
•  Position Cisco Wireless Bridges and Building-to-Building Antennas effectively

RLO4 - Positioning Wireless LAN Security
•  Explain what WLAN security is and what it does to help an organization securely communicate and share information across its enterprise network
•  Identify the drivers behind recommending Cisco WLAN Security solutions as ways to help customers securely communicate information
•  Explain how a Cisco WLAN Security solution works
•  Explain how implementing Cisco WLAN Security solutions can help organizations achieve their overall business goals
•  Demonstrate how implementing Cisco WLAN Security solutions will help organizations achieve their overall technology goals
•  Present the financial justification for implementing Cisco WLAN Security solutions, and show how these solutions can provide a measurable return on investment (ROI)

RLO5- Positioning Wireless Solutions for Vertical Markets
•  Explain what WLANs are and what they do for the education, retail, healthcare, hospitality and public-access industries
•  Identify the business drivers behind recommending Cisco WLANs to the education, retail, healthcare, hospitality, and public-access industries
•  Explain how WLANs work within educational, retail, healthcare, hospitality, and public-access organizations
•  Explain how implementing Cisco WLANs can help educational, retail, healthcare, hospitality, and public-access organizations achieve their business goals
•  Demonstrate how implementing Cisco WLANs will help educational, retail, healthcare, hospitality, and public-access organizations achieve their overall technology goals.
•  Present the financial justification for implementing Cisco WLANs within educational, retail, healthcare, hospitality, and public-access organizations, and show how these solutions can provide a measurable return on investment (ROI)

RLO6- Positioning Wireless Solutions for Horizontal Markets
•  Explain what WLANs are and what they do for the enterprise and financial industries
•  Identify the drivers behind recommending Cisco WLANs to the enterprise and financial industries
•  Explain how WLANs work within enterprise and financial organizations
•  Explain how implementing Cisco WLANs can help enterprise and financial orgaznizations achieve their overall technology goals
•  Present the financial justification for implementing Cisco WLANs within enterprise and financial organizations, and show how these solutions can provide a measurable return on investment (ROI)

WLAN CPSE
•  Describe fundamental WLAN uses
•  Define Access Points (APs) and relate their function to WLAN operation
•  Describe proper AP deployment
•  List WLAN topologies and configuration and configuration options
•  Describe wireless bridge operation
•  Identify the optimal applications for the Cisco workgroup bridge
•  List the beneficial features of the workgroup Bridge application
•  Describe the nature and development of 802.11 standards
•  List the key 350 and 1200 Series hardware features
•  Describe the inline power hardware advantages of Cisco wireless products
•  Describe the radio and environmental features of Cisco wireless products
•  Relate wireless technology to WLAN implementation
•  Describe the Service Set Identifier (SSID) and its limitations
•  Describe Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) and state its relation to the 802.1x standard
•  Differentiate Open and Shared Key authentication
•  Describe inside threats to a WLAN network
•  List advanced security concerns and troubleshooting strategies
•  Describe the way Cisco security complies with the 802.1x proposed standard
•  Describe the key security features of the authentication standard
•  List the steps in the authentication process between supplicant and AP
•  Describe typical WLAN deployment for transient worker access
•  Describe WLAN deployment solutions and their benefits for mobile users
•  Describe the benefit of WLAN-derived network mobility in the educational market
•  Analyze the benefits and uses of WLAN technology in a medical context