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The Fortinet NSE 5 - Secure Wireless LAN 7.6 Administrator exam evaluates your knowledge and expertise with FortiAP, using the FortiGate integrated wireless controller and the FortiEdge Cloud management.
This exam tests your applied knowledge of the FortiGate integrated wireless controller configuration, FortiEdge Cloud management, FortiAIOps solution, operation, and day-to-day administration, and includes operational scenarios, configuration extracts, and troubleshooting captures.
Once you pass the exam, you will receive the following exam badge:
Audience
The Fortinet NSE 5 - Secure Wireless LAN 7.6 Administrator exam is intended for network and security professionals responsible for the configuration and administration of wireless solutions in an enterprise network security infrastructure.
Exam Details
| Exam time |
70 minutes |
| Exam questions |
30-40 questions |
| Scoring |
Pass or fail. A score report is available from your Pearson account. |
| Language |
English |
| Product version |
FortiGate 7.6, FortiAP 7.6, and FortiPresence 2.0 |
Exam Topics
Successful candidates have applied knowledge and skills in the following areas and tasks:
Wireless fundamentals and FortiAP management (10–20%)
| Tasks |
Details |
| Explain wireless fundamentals and technology standards |
- Radio transmission fundamentals
- Fundamental principles of data transmission across a wireless signal
- RF signal properties
- Fundamental limitations of transferring information across an RF signal
- Wireless LAN fundamentals
- Wireless LAN data exchange over radios
- Different methods used to modulate and transmit data
- Link rates and their importance
- WFA and IEEE standards under 802.11
- Collision avoidance and 802.11 frame types
- Wireless LAN architecture and access point (AP) deployment
- Wireless LAN architecture
- AP deployment co-channel interference (CCI) considerations
- 802.11mc protocol on FortiAP
|
| Deploy FortiAP devices using the FortiOS integrated wireless controller |
- FortiAP introduction
- FortiAP portfolio
- FortiAP use cases
- Integrated wireless controller
- Wireless AP deployment
- AP discovery methods
- CAPWAP usage for managing APs
- Wireless topologies
- FortiEdge Cloud management
- FortiEdge Cloud licensing
- FortiEdge Cloud management benefits
- FortiAP provisioning on FortiEdge Cloud
- Pole Star NAO Cloud service
|
| Use custom AP profiles to configure FortiAP devices |
- Custom AP profiles and radio settings
- Default and custom AP profiles
- Channels and channel selection
- Profile support for Wi-Fi 7 on FortiAP K-series models
- Wireless load balancing
- AP handoff and frequency handoff
- Client and AP load balancing
- Wireless intrusion detection system (WIDS)
- WIDS profile assignment to a FortiAP profile
|
Wireless monitoring and protection (25–35%)
| Tasks |
Details |
| Identify wireless threats and malicious activities |
- WIDS
- WIDS profiles and FortiAP profiles
- FortiAP API
- FortiAP REST API
- Syslog server in a FortiAP profile
|
| Monitor AP health and performance |
- Rogue AP monitoring
- Scanning methods
- AP scan channel lists to optimize foreground scanning
- Wi-Fi monitoring
- Managed FortiAP diagnosing
- Wi-Fi widgets
- Wireless spectrum
- Wi-Fi maps
- Advanced wireless features
- FortiWiFi running in concurrent AP and wireless client mode
- FortiGate guest management
- RADIUS accounting interim update support on roaming for WPA Enterprise security
- Bonjour profile provisioning and redundancy
- Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacon scanning
|
| Explain the integration of artificial intelligence for IT operations (AIOps) with FortiGate |
- FortiAIOps and AI
- Wireless Service Assurance Manager (SAM)
- FortiAIOps and FortiAPs
- FortiAIOps monitoring practices
- Anomaly detection techniques
- FortiAIOps predictive analytics and remediation
|
Wireless diagnostics and analytics (25–35%)
| Tasks |
Details |
| Interpret information about clients and wireless components |
- Wireless controller and APs
- RF environment
- Information gathering about clients and significant metrics
- Information gathering about the wireless controller and APs
- Information gathering about the RF environment
- Network performance issues
- Exploration of issues that can cause or contribute to wireless performance issues
- Predictive health checks
|
| Troubleshoot common wireless issues and apply remediation |
- FortiAP diagnostics and tools
- Packet capture
- CLI troubleshooting commands on FortiAP
- CLI troubleshooting commands on the controller
- Connectivity issue troubleshooting
- Basic troubleshooting
- Client configuration investigation
- Network channelization investigation
- Network performance issues
- Wireless performance issues
- Predictive health checks
- FortiAIOps predictive analytics and remediation
- FortiAIOps monitoring practices
- Anomaly detection techniques
- FortiAP sniffer to capture all frame types across specified channel bandwidths
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| Analyze wireless logs and debug output |
- Logging
- Wi-Fi event log review
- Wi-Fi monitoring
- Managed FortiAP diagnosing
- Wi-Fi widgets
- Wireless spectrum
- Wi-Fi map
|
Training Resources
The following resources are recommended for attaining the knowledge and skills that are covered on the exam. The recommended training is available as a foundation for exam preparation. In addition to training, you are strongly encouraged to have hands-on experience with the exam topics and objectives.
Experience
- 2 years of experience with network security
- 1 year of experience with wireless networks
- 1 year of experience with FortiGate and its integrated wireless controller
- 1 year of experience with FortiEdge Cloud management