Certified Wireless Design Professional (CWDP-304) Online Training

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UPDATED: November 8, 2022

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This Certified Wireless Design Professional (CWDP-304) training covers how to manage every step of a WLAN deployment, from early planning steps to implementation and optimization. This course prepares you for the CWDP-304 certifying exam, which is needed to earn the Certified Wireless Design Professional certification.

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What you'll learn

Managing the entire WLAN design life cycle for even the largest enterprise networks
Performing all the steps necessary to plan a new WLAN deployment
Troubleshooting existing wireless networks and optimizing traffic

FAQs

Is the Certified Wireless Design Professional (CWDP) worth it?

If you work in or aspire to work in an IT role that's related to wireless network design, the CWDP is worth it. Although it's a specialized credential, it's meaningful and respected by employers. Preparing for the CWDP enhances your knowledge in wireless technologies, design principles, security considerations, and best practices for creating reliable and high-performance wireless networks, and earning it opens up many career prospects in the field.

How much does the CWDP (Certified Wireless Design Professional) cost?

To earn the Certified Wireless Design Professional, you have to pass CWDP-304, which costs $349.99. But the CWDP has a prerequisite: the Certified Wireless Network Administrator (CWNA). Since the CWNA exam costs $274.99 and it must be valid at the time of earning your CWDP, the total cost of the CWDP is technically closer to $624.98 – and that's before any training or preparation you take in advance.

How difficult is the CWDP-304 exam?

Generally speaking, it's agreed that the CWDP is a straightforward and relatively easy exam. It certainly requires a solid understanding of wireless technologies, design principles, and best practices, but the certification exam isn't about being exclusionary. The purpose of the CWDP is to encapsulate all the skills and knowledge a competent wireless network designer needs to have, and the test is a fair representation of that for the well-prepared.

Does the Certified Wireless Design Professional expire?

Yes, the Certified Wireless Design Professional is good for three years. If you need to maintain the credential for your job or for compliance reasons, you'll need to renew it. Currently, the only option for renewing your CWDP is by retaking its exam (which will likely have been updated in the interim). When you renew any CWNP certification, all lower certifications are automatically renewed – so when you renew your CWDP, your CWNA will be automatically renewed.

How to study for the CWDP-304 exam?

The CWDP is a professional certification grounded in real-world principles about wireless network design, so the best way to practice is with hands-on practice surveying and designing an end-to-end enterprise WLAN. Not many people have one of those to fool around with, so the next best thing would be a course with virtual simulations and digital environments for you to experiment in and learn real-world skills in a safe environment.

Who is this for?

This CWDP-304 training is considered associate-level networking training, which means it was designed for network admins. This WLAN skills course is designed for network admins with three to five years of experience with wireless networking.

What our learners say

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Having access to on-demand labs that I could spin up instantly was very helpful. I didn’t have to have a home environment with a bunch of virtual machines spun up. Or worry about destroying things.
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Study plan

Download the free (CWDP-304) study plan to complete this course in about 25 hours.

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