Becoming a Certified Wireless Network expert

“Earning a Badge”

Its not as difficult as you may think

Martin Ericson CWNE# 148, CWNT @VoFi_Martin,

VoWiFi Pro UK Ltd, CWNP Learning Partner (ALP), Gothenburg, Sweden

Member of CWNP Advisory Board

Current status oct 2016CWNE Count: 193

By geographic region:

Americas: 147 EMEA: 27 APAC: 19

Application process

Candidate

Meet the requirements

Send in Application form

Attach all needed documents

• Pdf format if possible

• Zipped file if possible

CWNP checks that requirements are met

• All documents are supplied

• Links working in application documents, if supplied

• Status of current exams

• Quality of application (readabiity, completeness etc)

Advisory board review and evaluate per member

CWNP make a decsition based on AB and own judgement

Requirements from cwnp.com

1. Exams - Knowledge in current Wi-Fi Technology

2. Experience - Real world skills

3. Endorsements - Proven performer

4. Achievements - Using knowledge and skills successfully

- Contributing to the community

- Other certificates

5. Recertification - Continuing Education program

1. Exams

Valid CWNA, CWSP, CWAP and CWDP.

(less than 3 years old)

2. Experience3 years of verifiable, documented, full-time professional work experience.

Job Types

Consulting

Support services

Instructing experience

Pre- or post-sales

engineering• ….

Fields

Enterprise Wi-Fi Administration

Enterprise Wi-Fi Security

Enterprise Wi-Fi Protocol Analysis

Enterprise Wi-Fi Design

3. EndorsementThree endorsement forms

From people familiar with

your enterprise Wi-Fi work

history

Managers

Customers

Partners

Colleagues

Fellow CWNEs

4. Achievements – ActivitiesDocumented

1. Publication (for evaluation of explanatory ability related to technical knowledge)

Whitepaper, Book, Instructional video, Blog, Article

2. Project Documentaiton - 3 eassys 500+ word

Your valuable participation in, or leadership, of Enterprise Wi-Fi

implementation or reparation

Design, installation and config

Depth understanding of WLAN

3. IT Certifications2 current networking certifications

CWNE professional experience

•Writing courseware

•Project Managament

•Creative writing and presentation skills

•Teaching

•Mentoring

•Research and development

Some hints when writing essays

Do:

• Keep it less than 3-4 pages

• Describe your role and focus of the main issue of the project

• Try to write 3 different type of stories (CWSP, CWAP, CWDP)

• Explain how you used skills based on what learned in training

Do not:

• write in a form of a white paper or academic work

• explain the whole topology of the WLAN involved(If absolutely needed, add as Appendix)

• explain how WLAN works, (AB knows that)

5. Recertification

• CWNE valid for 3 years

• Earning CEs = hours in study or classroom training, or event

• 60 CEs per 3 year period - Record on CWNP website

• Pay a 100 USD Reinstatement fee

(A grace period of 6 months after experation.

If later all exams must be retaken and new application filed

Attending the CWNP conference qualifies for 20 CE credits for your CWNE

Check with CWNP if other conferences counts

You may use webinars, and other online events also

Self Study = taking an exam

Application Examples summary1 2 3

Experience

13 yr Network Support

15 yr Network Admin

1 year Consumt Trainer

1 yr Desktop support

5 yr Engineering of LAN

WLAN

3 yr Pricipal Engineer

presales

17 yr IT Engineer

2 yr WLAN Analyst

Endorsers

Fellow CWNE

Director

Team Lead

Fellow CWNEs

Trainers

Fellow CWNE

CWNE

LAN Colleauge

Essays

Redesign of current WLAN

Evaluation of clients used

Designing a bridge link

End to End QoS Design

Design of a branch office

Stability in an unstable

environemnt

Redesign of a library WLAN

Design of Auditorium

WLAN

Upgrading controller

PublicationsWLPC Speaker, Blog Blog

Speaker WLPC

Extensive reports of above

Certificates

A+,

Network+

MCP

CCIE,

CCNP Wireless

ECSE

MCSE, CCNA, A+

Application Examples summary

4 5

Experience

25 years of Technolgy teaching 2 yr Distributor

2 yr Mobile operator

6 yr WiFi Vendor

EndorsersManager

Fellow CWNE

Fellow CWNEs

Instructor

EssaysSite survey case

Ekahau Location installation

Product documentation

Stadium Design

Warehousing Troubleshooting

Publications E-learning courses Blog

CertificatesMCT, MCNE, CCNA, CTP Ruckus

Ekahau certified

Some Advice

Check your certificate requirements, you may have to take another exam

from a vendor or similar

Plan your essays topics, in good time before taking the last exam(Your application should be ready after last exam)

Establish contact with suitable endorsers at an early stage in the process

Make friendship with current CWNEs for mentorship and advice

Participate in the forums and ask questions direct to AB and CWNP.com

Put effort in your application and make it readable and tidy

Find your nearest CWNE Mentor

CWNP.COM Forums, Future CWNE professionals forum

How to connect to CWNEs worldwide ?

http://wlanbook.com/twitter-ids-of-cwnp-certified-wireless-network-expert-cwne/

Advisory Board Members

Jerome

Henry

CWNE # 45@wirelessccie

Keith R

Parsons

CWNE # 3@KeithRParsons,

Ronald

van Kleunen

CWNE # 108@Globeron

Bryan

Harkins

CWNE # 44@80211University

Brett

Hill

CWNE # 147@Brett_CWNE_147

Martin

Ericson

CWNE#148@Vfi_martin

3rd Year

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