My friend Keith Parsons and I are fond of saying, “It’s All About The People.” Because it is. People and relationships are what’s really important in life, but everyone (including me) loses sight of that as we get caught up
WiFi Design and Deployment Methodology
In each of my weekly classes, I do a full walk-through of the “Define, Design, Deploy, Diagnose (Validate/Optimize)” process. It’s never a surprise when most of the students are excited to see a documented, vendor-neutral walk-through of the process. I’m
AirCheck G2: Devin’s Seven
Simply because it’s awesome, I thought I would write a blog about the AirCheck G2. It’s my favorite WiFi diagnostics tool, hands-down. It does so many things in such a small, rugged form factor that it’s impossible not to love.
Market Trends
I thought I would jot down a few thoughts on market trends. 2×2:2 Client Devices The market is trending toward 2×2:2 clients. Those 4×4:4 clients that you were hoping for aren’t coming. In fact, 3×3:3 clients are are mostly on
Opinions
I’ve heard it said that opinions are like belly buttons: everyone has one. I’m not sure that’s true. Allow me to elaborate over the course of this blog. I have a CWNE friend….we’ll call him Ben for the sake of
Dual-5GHz Radio APs
With client density continually on the rise, and more high-density use cases popping up all the time, it only makes sense to replace unused 2.4GHz radios with 5GHz radios in many deployment scenarios. As the 2.4GHz band becomes more crowded
Primary and Secondary Coverage
For those of you who have attended an Ekahau ECSE course or my CWNA course, you will remember the discussions of “Primary” and “Secondary” RF coverage when using predictive modeling software to design your Wi-Fi infrastructure. The goal of this
Why You Should Disable Lower Legacy Data Rates
There are arguments for and against disabling low data rates, and it’s my hope, that after reading this blog, you will understand why disabling lower legacy data rates may help your WLAN perform better. My typical configuration looks like this:
Ruckus is Officially ‘Off the Leash’
It looks like Ruckus took stock in the immortal words of Harvey Penick when he said, “Take Dead Aim.” No longer leashed to a controller, Ruckus’s new Unleashed controller-less Wi-Fi solution aims squarely at the SMB. Full Disclosure: I’m not
Technical Analysis: Blackbox HD3 Wi-Fi Solution
If you’ve never heard of Black Box’s “InnerWirelessHD3” solution, this blog is dedicated to a technical analysis of it. I will abbreviate the name to just “HD3” in this blog. I will start by saying that I find no additional