Campus Network Design Fundamentals

Chapter 5. Wireless LAN Design

This chapter discusses how to design a wireless network, and includes the following sections:

• Making the Business Case

• Wireless Technology Overview

• Wireless Security

• Wireless Management

• Wireless Design Considerations

This chapter discusses wireless LAN (WLAN) technology and describes how it improves mobility. After introducing WLANs as strategic assets to corporate networks, we discuss WLAN standards and components. The security and management of WLANs are explored, followed by design considerations for WLANs.

Note

Appendix B, “Network Fundamentals,” includes material that we assume you understand before reading the rest of the book. Thus, we encourage you to review any of the material in Appendix B that you are not familiar ...