Course Details
Overview
This course provides detailed instruction on how to configure and monitor the Cisco® ASR 5000 to function as an enhanced wireless access gateway in a 3G Wi-Fi offload network environment.
Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should have a thorough understanding of the following aspects of the platform:
- Performing basic service configuration and monitoring of the eWAG
- Monitoring the system for proper subscriber session establishment
- Basic debugging of initial attachment failure
Outline
- Day 1: Morning Session
- Discussion: Course Objectives and Schedule
- Lesson 1: Getting Started with 3G Wi-Fi Offload
- Client versus clientless devices
- Trusted versus untrusted devices
- eWAG and Wi-Fi infrastructure
- Role of wireless LAN controller (WLC)
- SSIDs and VLANs
- EAP-based WLAN authentication
- Portal-based WLAN authentication
- eWAG session setup
- Handoffs
- Lesson 2: Configuring the ASR 5000 as an Evolved Wireless Access Gateway
- Gn/Gn’ interfaces
- IP services gateway (IPSG) config
- GGSN service
- IP pools
- APN configuration
- Lab: Configuring an eWAG
- Tracing user sessions
- Lunch
- Day 1: Afternoon Session
- Lesson 3: Monitoring and Troubleshooting eWAG Operation
- Viewing subscriber sessions
- Tracing subscriber sessions
- Role of DNS
- Protocol monitor
- Obtaining IPSG information and statistics
- Examining the GTPC and GGSN services
- Lesson 3: Monitoring and Troubleshooting eWAG Operation
Target Audience
This course is designed for participants from any of the following disciplines who are responsible for the planning, configuration, and management of the ASR 5000:
- Network engineering
- Network consulting
- Customer support
- Field engineering
Pre-Requisites
Following are the prerequisites for this course:
- Participants should have a good understanding of the ASR 5000 platform. This includes knowing important hardware and software components, as well as file system management.
- Participants should have previous exposure to the ASR command line interface (CLI) and how to use the CLI to create contexts, logical interfaces, and services.
- Participants must also have a thorough understanding of IP routing, networking protocols, and a basic working knowledge of applicable Wi-Fi network operation.
Participant Material Requirements
Participants are required to bring the following materials to this training course:
- Laptop or notebook computer with:
- Terminal emulation program (such as PuTTY, available at http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/) capable of Telnet or SSH
- 10/100BASE-T Ethernet interface