Since 2012, Ubiquiti Academy's certification program has rapidly expanded, overseeing the training of more than 10,000 students worldwide. Today, Ubiquiti offers seven different courses with varying scope and level of expertise so you can begin or develop your career in the Broadband (ISP), Enterprise, and Solar industries.
The Ubiquiti Enterprise Wireless Admin course is a two-day, in-class training course that teaches the most important concepts in Enterprise Wireless Networking. Course materials and lab activities use the latest UniFi Controller and 802.11ac, 2nd-Gen UAP hardware, with special emphasis on how to design, build, and manage WLANs.
Course Outline
WLAN Fundamentals
- Unlicensed Radio Spectrum
- Channel Operation
- Regulatory Domains
- WLAN Standards
- Wireless Access Methods
- Network Equipment
WLAN Planning
- Wireless Technology
- Coverage & Channels
- TX Power
- Antenna Gain
- Channel Availability
- Signals vs. Noise
- Airtime, Capacity & Density
- Mixed Networks
Deployment
- Site Surveys
- Overlap
- Wiring & PoE
- Benchmarking
Basic Adoption & Configuration
- Multi-Site
- Layer-2 Adoption
- WLAN Groups
- SSID, Security & VLANs
- Analytics
Advanced Adoption & Guests
- Cloud Hosting
- Layer-3 Adoption
- Discovery, SSH, DNS & DHCP
- Minimum RSSI
- Zero-Handoff Roaming
- Guest Portal
- Access Controls
- Customization
The Ubiquiti Broadband Wireless Specialist (UBWS) is Ubiquiti's one-day, in-class airMAX/airFiber training course designed for applied learning and entry-level certification. Be introduced to Ubiquiti's powerful wireless products, learn how to make wireless links, and get hands-on practice with airMAX-ac equipment in an instructor-led classroom.
The Ubiquiti Broadband Wireless Admin course is a two-day, in-class training course that teaches the most important concepts in Outdoor Wireless Networking. Course materials and lab activities teach airOS-8 using airMAX-ac equipment, with special emphasis on how to design, build, and manage a successful Wireless ISP.
Course Outline
RF Theory
- Frequency vs. Propagation
- Unlicensed Bands
- OFDM Spectral Masks
- Licensed Frequencies
- Decibels in RF Systems
- Free Space Path Loss
- EIRP
- Line of Sight & Fresnel Zones
- Link Power Budgets
- Fade Margin
Radio Operation
- Standard RF Circuit
- Carrier Signals
- Radio Sensitivity
- Radio Selectivity
- Signal, Noise & Interference
- Chains, Data Rates & MIMO
- Thermal Noise
- Channel Flexing
- airPrism Technology
- Modulation, EVM & Data Rates
Antenna Theory
- What is Gain?
- Isotropic Radiators
- Antenna Function
- Gain, Efficiency & VSWR
- Gain, Surface Area & Directivity
- Polar Plots
- MIMO, Polarization & XPD
- Types of Antennas
- Antenna Alignment
- Downtilt, Lobes & Nulls
Ubiquiti Service Providers
- TDMA & airMAX Protocol
- 802.11, CSMA/CA & Indoor
- Problem of Hidden Node
- airMAX-AC, airOS-6 & -8
- Traffic Shaping & Burst
- Scalability vs. Performance
- Security & VLANs
- airFiber Technology & Protocols
- airOS Tools & Redudancy
- Bridged vs. Routed ISP
The Ubiquiti Broadband Routing & Switching Specialist (UBRSS) course is a three-day, in-class training course designed to teach core protocols and technologies used in today's Internet Service Provider networks. The curriculum contains practical, real-world examples as well as hands-on lab activities with TOUGHSwitch and EdgeMAX equipment to enhance student learning.
Course Outline
Device Management
- Configure Lab Equipment
- EdgeMAX Product Family
IPv4 & Subnetting
- Addressing Basics
- Subnetting
- VLSM for Providers
- Summarization
Network Design
- OSI Model & Encapsulation
- Network Topology Foundations
- Network Interfaces
- The Local Network
- Network Communication
- The Wide Area Network
Routing
- Routing Tables
- Static Routing Protocols
- Dynamic Routing Protocols
Services & Security
- DHCP
- DNS
- NAT
- Firewalls
- Tunnels & VPN
Appendices
- IPv6 Intro
- EdgeOS Commands
- Addressing & Routing Tables
The Ubiquiti Broadband Routing & Switching Admin (UBRSA) course a two-day course designed for professionals in the Service Provider market that seek hands-on experience configuring EdgeMAX products, including EdgeRouter-X & EdgeSwitch-8-150W. The lab activities in this course teach real-world deployment scenarios involving STP, VLANs, Policy-Based Routing, advanced OSPF, intro-to-BGP. While not a pre-requisite to UBRSA, it is highly recommended that you complete the UBRSS course.
