CompTIA Network+ N10-008 Cert Guide

Chapter 12

Wireless Standards

This chapter covers the following topics related to Objective 2.4 (Given a scenario, install and configure the appropriate wireless standards and technologies) of the CompTIA Network+ N10-008 certification exam:

• 802.11 standards

  • a

  • b

  • g

  • n (WiFi 4)

  • ac (WiFi 5)

  • ax (WiFi 6)

• Frequencies and range

  • 2.4GHz

  • 5GHz

• Channels

  • Regulatory impacts

• Channel bonding

• Service set identifier (SSID)

  • Basic service set

  • Extended service set

  • Independent basic service set (Ad-hoc)

  • Roaming

• Antenna types

  • Omni

  • Directional

• Encryption standards

  • WiFi Protected Access (WPA)/WPA2 Personal [Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)/Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP)]

  • WPA/WPA2 Enterprise (AES/TKIP)

• Cellular technologies

  • Code-division multiple ...