TROPOS TECHNICAL TRAINING COURSE OVERVIEW
Format
Lectures and Hands-On Laboratory Exercises
Tropos to Provide
Tropos Equipment used in hands-on Labs, Course
Manuals, Lunches, and Instructor
Attendee to Provide
Laptop Computer equipped with WiFi, all Travel
Expenses
Pre-Requisites
Basic Working Familiarity with IP and Wireless- E-Learning; IP Background, Wireless Background,
Introduction to Tropos Mesh Network (please view thesebefore arriving at class – link will be provided after you register)
Agenda
Day 1 – Deploying Tropos Mesh Networks
- Planning and Deployment Management
- Hardware / Installation
- Creating a Wireless Mesh
- Basic Router Configuration
Day 2 – Troubleshooting Tropos Mesh Networks
- Backhaul Issues
- Mesh Issues
- Client Issues
- Break/Fix + Troubleshooting Methodologies
Day 3 – Managing Tropos Mesh Networks
- Network Management
- S/W Updates
- Configuration Maintenance
- Tropos Control EMS
- VLANs / Multi-ESSIDs / BSSIDs
- Wired Client Interfaces
- Rate-Limiting and Traffic Filtering
Day 4 – Advanced Tropos Mesh Configuration
- Cross-Subnet Roaming and Tunneling
- Mobile Node
- Optimization Features
- Misc. Features
- Advanced Design Considerations
- Tropos Drive
- Optimization Methodologies
