After many months of work, the 4th edition of the Certified Wireless Network Administrator (CWNA) Official Study Guide is available. Writing a book is a time-consuming and often aggravating process. However, 
whenever the finished edition arrives at my doorstep, I always react like Steve Martin does in this movie clip.
The CWNA paperback is available at Amazon, and the digital and iBook version are also available.
A lot has changed since the last edition of the book debuted two years ago. Many 802.11 amendments have been ratified in the last two years, and the defined technology has begun to emerge into the enterprise. Therefore, eighteen chapters had to be updated.
- A new chapter about 802.11ac was penned.
- Additionally, a whole new chapter was added about the topics of BYOD and MDM.
- Another topic that is addressed in great detail revolves around the wide range of enhanced guest management capabilities now offered by the various Wi-Fi vendors.
Why is this book important?
Fifteen years ago, most networking professionals were new to Wi-Fi, therefore the need to educate themselves about 802.11 technology was apparent. The CWNP program has long provided the foundation for networking professionals to pursue WLAN education.
The beauty of the CWNP program is the vendor-neutral approach towards education about 802.11 technology.
Join the discussion: Wi-Fi Do’s and Don’ts
At Aerohive Networks, we are also committed to education - not just about Aerohive solutions, but also about vendor-neutral Wi-Fi education. In the very near future, Aerohive will be making available for free Wi-Fi computer-based training (CBT) modules via training.aerohive.com.
In conjunction with these training modules, we will be hosting live, interactive events on our customer community, HiveNation. The first topic we will discuss: “Wi-Fi Do’s and Don’ts.” Stay tuned for more information on this first live event by reading our blogs, following us on Twitter, liking us on Facebook, connecting with us on LinkedIn.
Acknowledgements:
I would like to personally thank my very good friend and co-author, Dave Westcott. Over the years, the CWNA Study Guide has been a labor of love for the both of us. The CWNA certification has long been recognized as the foundation-level certification for network professionals looking to validate their knowledge of 802.11 WLAN technology.
As authors, we have been humbled by the tens of thousands of individuals who have purchased pervious editions of the CWNA Study Guide to assist in their pursuit of the CWNA certification.
We are also humbled that many universities and colleges have selected the book as part of their curriculum for wireless technology classes. In our travels, we have met many of our readers of the past three editions of the book. We discovered that a large number of people who purchase the book use it as a reference guide in the workplace and not just as a study guide.
I would like to also thank the technical editors of the CWNA Study Guide: Marcus Burton and Andrew vonNagy, both of whom work for Aerohive competitors. Most of Aerohive’s competitors recommend CWNA education as a prerequisite for their own internal training classes as does Aerohive.
CWNE Fun Fact: Each member of Aerohive’s training team is a CWNE, a stat that was highlighted in the Incredible Training Team blog series.