Within most enterprise manufacturers who sell both 2×2:2 and 3×3:3 platforms, the ratio of overall sales is 80-85% 2×2:2 and 15-20% 3×3:3. Given those numbers, someone might ask why do manufacturers bother building 3×3:3 platforms at all. The singular answer is muscle flexing. It’s little more than a marketing strategy in most cases. Marketing Ploy […]
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Most any technical professional within the Wi-Fi market can tell you what an RF Site Survey is. Far fewer, but still a reasonable number of professionals, can perform an RF Site Survey using industry standard surveying software such as: Fluke Networks’ AirMagnet Site Survey Pro Ekahau’s Site Survey Tamosoft’s Tamograph Pro Each of these software
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Now that the 2.4GHz is Dead gauntlet has been thrown down, I thought it prudent to help those who are trying to move to a Pure-5GHz Wi-Fi infrastructure. While there could potentially be 10 different strategies on how to move from a mixed (2.4GHz + 5GHz) environment to a Pure-5GHz, it’s my guess that many
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Just as we thought everything was stabilizing after the big BYOD rush…here comes its big brother…IoT. As soon as you dig into the nuts and bolts of IoT, you realize that Wi-Fi infrastructure suddenly went from being “caught up” or in some cases “ahead of the curve”, to being way behind the curve again. ARGH!
When the FCC recently ordered Marriott International and Marriott Hotel Services to pay a $600,000 fine for “jamming mobile hotspots” within their own facilities, the Wi-Fi world suddenly changed. There were a flurry of articles*, many happy businesses, some understandable “What were you thinking?!” rants, and some excellent verbal commentary on the topic. The containment
As many of you know, I kicked off Divergent Dynamics, Inc. in April 2014. I started with no money in the bank, no insurance, bills pouring into my mailbox like raindrops in a monsoon, and no idea where to start or what to do. I started, like most people, with panic. That was soon followed
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Fiber-to-the-AP? Have you lost your mind? Your homework assignment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_6_cable http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_7_cable#CAT7 …and let me tell you a brief story… Once upon a time…in a land only 3 hours from my home…there lived a healthcare provider. This particular healthcare provider has recently asked some VARs in the area to bid on their business. The network is
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Do not ask for whom the IoT bell tolls. It tolls for thee. That means you…as in, “ready or not, here I come.” The Internet of Things (IoT) phenomenon (or maybe I should say “tidal wave”) ushers in a new era that will drastically impact Wi-Fi infrastructure and end-users in a variety of key areas.
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When our brother Keith Parsons took that historic swing on that faithful day in February 2014, he knocked the ball over the cheap seats, out of the stadium, and into the parking lot. It was the shot heard around the Wi-Fi industry. It was the Wi-Fi event of the year. It was Sid Bream’s slide. It was Hank
