Cisco WLCOR 350-101 study plan
Cisco WLCOR 350-101 · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 8 hours per week
Wireless fundamentals and RF principles
Convert between dBm, mW, and dB for 15 values by hand with zero calculator errors
Compute EIRP from radio power, cable loss, and antenna gain across 8 practice problems
Sketch the 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, and 6 GHz channel plans and label overlapping, non-overlapping, and DFS channels
Explain how Fresnel zone clearance and free-space path loss change a point-to-point link budget in a 1-page write-up
Match 6 antenna types (omni, patch, Yagi, panel, dipole, sector) to their coverage use cases
Your checkpoint
One-page RF reference sheet plus 30 self-written RF calculation items solved at 90% or better accuracy
Wireless design and site survey concepts & Wireless fundamentals and RF principles
Translate a stated business requirement into coverage and capacity requirements with explicit client mix and throughput assumptions
Compare predictive, AP-on-a-stick, passive, and validation surveys and select the right one for 5 given scenarios
Produce an AP count and mounting plan for a 3-floor office building with stated justification for each placement decision
Justify a channel reuse and transmit power plan against stated co-channel and adjacent-channel interference rules
Re-run 10 missed week-1 RF items to confirm retention
Your checkpoint
Design packet for a 3-floor office: requirements, AP count, placement rationale, channel and power plan, and validation criteria
Cisco wireless architectures and deployment models
Build a comparison table of AireOS versus Catalyst 9800 configuration models across at least 6 feature areas
Map cloud, on-premises, embedded controller, and Meraki deployment models to 3 customer scenarios each with a stated trade-off
Trace the packet path of a client association under central switching, FlexConnect local switching, and fabric-enabled wireless
Size a controller deployment including SSO HA pairing and N+1 sparing given AP counts and availability requirements
Explain CAPWAP control versus data tunneling and when each mode is used
Your checkpoint
Deployment decision matrix (models, switching modes, controller sizing) plus a 20-question self-quiz scored at 85% or higher
Client connectivity, mobility, and roaming & Cisco wireless architectures and deployment models
Sequence the full client join from probe through association, 802.1X/EAP, key derivation, and the 4-way handshake in the correct order
Differentiate intra-controller, inter-controller, Layer 3, CCKM, OKC, and 802.11r roaming and choose the correct type for 5 stated scenarios
Diagnose 6 given client connectivity symptoms and assign a root cause to each
Describe how mobility groups, mobility anchors, and guest anchoring affect a roam in a written explanation
List the log or event evidence you would collect to prove a roam actually occurred
Your checkpoint
Roam analysis write-up: ordered join sequence, roaming-type decision table, and root-cause table for all 6 symptoms
Wireless security and policy
Select the appropriate EAP method and 802.1X design for 5 stated security and client-OS requirements
Compare WPA2, WPA3, OWE, PMF, and transition modes and state when each is required or recommended
Diagram the RADIUS/AAA flow including CoA, accounting, and web-auth guest onboarding decision points
Apply policy constructs (ACLs, VLAN-to-WLAN mapping, Flex ACLs, client profiling, device classification) to 3 scenarios
Identify the correct certificate and trust setup for a stated controller and AP deployment
Your checkpoint
Security design brief for a three-SSID network (corporate 802.1X, guest web-auth, IoT PSK) covering authentication, encryption, policy, and segmentation
Wireless operations, monitoring, and troubleshooting & Client connectivity, mobility, and roaming
Rank available troubleshooting data sources (packet capture, spectrum analysis, client debug, RRM logs, controller alarms) against 6 given symptom categories
Write the isolation sequence for an AP join failure covering CAPWAP discovery state, licensing, certificates, and reachability
Map at least 8 controller and AP health metrics to concrete alert thresholds and explain what each indicates
Explain RRM, DCA, and TPC behavior and state the conditions under which each should be disabled or tuned
Describe the first, second, and third checks for 10 common client, AP, and controller symptoms
Your checkpoint
Operations runbook covering 10 symptoms with ordered checks, expected evidence, and escalation criteria
Wireless fundamentals and RF principles & Wireless design and site survey concepts & Cisco wireless architectures and deployment models & Client connectivity, mobility, and roaming
Redo every item missed in weeks 1 through 4 and write the correct fact behind each miss
Re-derive AP count and channel plan for two new scenarios in under 20 minutes each
Explain CAPWAP operation, roaming types, and 802.1X from memory in a 10-minute teach-back for each
Close every open weak-area item to at least 90% retention on retest
Your checkpoint
Weak-area log with all items retested to 90% or better, plus two timed design exercises completed inside the time limit
Wireless fundamentals and RF principles & Wireless design and site survey concepts & Cisco wireless architectures and deployment models & Client connectivity, mobility, and roaming & Wireless security and policy & Wireless operations, monitoring, and troubleshooting
Complete two timed 90-question mixed practice sets under exam time pressure
Review every missed item and record the correct fact and the reason for the miss
Recite the domain weight map and convert it into a per-domain time budget for exam day
Condense all eight weeks of notes into a single review sheet you can read in 20 minutes
Your checkpoint
Two practice scores at 85% or higher and a one-page final review sheet
Milestones
Week 2: Score 80% or higher on a 25-question quiz covering domains 1 and 2, with 100% accuracy on the RF calculation items
Week 4: Score 80% or higher on a 60-question mixed set covering domains 1 through 4, and correctly order the full client join sequence from memory
Week 6: Score 80% or higher on a 40-question set covering domains 5 and 6, and complete the troubleshooting runbook with all 10 symptoms assigned ordered checks
Week 8: Score 85% or higher on both timed 90-question practice sets, with no domain scored below 75%