Jerome Henry - CCNP Wireless (642-732 CUWSS) Quick Reference

Jerome Henry

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CCNP Wireless (642-732 CUWSS) Quick Reference

Jerome Henry

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First Release: May 2012

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Jerome Henry is technical leader at Fast Lane. Jerome has more than 10 years of experience teaching technical Cisco courses in more than 15 countries and in 4 different languages, to audiences ranging from Bachelor degree students to networking professionals and Cisco internal system engineers. Jerome joined Fast Lane in 2006. Before that, he consulted and taught heterogeneous networks and wireless integration with the European Airespace team, which was later acquired by Cisco and became its main wireless solution. He is a certified wireless networking expert (CWNE #45), CCIE Wireless (#24750), CCNP Wireless, and has developed several Cisco courses focusing on wireless topics, including CUWSS, IAUWS, IUWNE, IUWMS, IUWVN, CWLBS, and CWMN lab guide. With more than 20 IT industry certifications and more than 10,000 hours in the classroom, Jerome was awarded the IT Training Award Best Instructor silver medal in 2009. He is based in Cary, North Carolina.

Denise Papier is senior technical instructor at Fast Lane. Denise has more than 11 years of experience teaching technical Cisco courses in more than 15 different countries, to audiences ranging from Bachelor degree students to networking professionals and Cisco internal system engineers. Focusing on her wireless experience, Denise joined Fast Lane in 2004. Before that, she was teaching the Cisco Academy Program and lecturing BSc (Hons) Information Security at various universities. She is CCNP Wireless and developed several Cisco courses focusing on wireless topics (IUWNE, IAUWS, ACS, ISE, lab guides, and so on). With more than 15 IT industry certifications (from Cisco CCNP R & S, CCIP to Microsoft Certified System Engineer and Security Specialist, CICSP - Cisco IronPort Certified Security Professional) and more than 5000 hours in the classroom, Denise is a fellow member of the Learning and Performance Institute (LPI). She is based in the United Kingdom.

Conducting a wireless site survey is the final step of a carefully planned journey. Before rushing to the facility to be surveyed with your laptop and some access points (APs), however, you must collect information about the purpose of the required wireless coverage. This chapter helps you prepare for this site survey by listing the pieces of information that you need to collect before meeting your customer and planning the survey itself.