Tom, aka Networking Nerd, recently made a post about Meraki not being a large enterprise solution so as a fan of the “Tenth Man Rule” I’ve decided to write about why Meraki CAN be used in a large enterprise. What defines a large enterprise network? Is it 10 infrastructure devices? 20? 30? 100? It’s hard…
I’ve always felt that the best way to lab and test wireless gear is in the same orientation that it’ll be installed, for most that is a little hard to do as you don’t have a drop down ceiling grid in your home. Luckily my office did have a ceiling grid, so I was able…
Frequently I’m asked while at customer sites why I work for a partner and not directly for a vendor or corporation so I thought it would make an interesting blog discussion. I’ve worked in the EDU, Manufacturing, and Corporate space prior to working for partners so I’ve had a little taste of some of the…
Last year was the year of BYOD when it came to buzzwords. Everyone was hopping on the bandwagon and using that term like crazy. The funny thing is that it really wasn’t anything new! Having worked in the higher ed space at the beginning of my career I’ve always had to deal with people bringing…
Meraki is one of those wireless companies that the more you learn about them the more you like what they are doing. They are a quick, agile, and nimble young company that is now owned by Cisco and is known as the Cloud Networking Group. I’ve had experience using their wireless, security, switching, and mobile…
Where has the time gone? We are already quickly approaching the start of Wireless Field Day 4 which will kick off on Wednesday in San Jose, CA. WFD4 brings a new format to this amazing event that happens twice a year. A change to the format may allow for a slightly more relaxed pace allowing…
In case you haven’t heard yesterday some news leaked out a littler earlier than it should have via social media causing Cisco and Meraki to react and confirm that Cisco intends to buy Meraki for $1.2billion. If you have listened to me over on the NSA Show podcast you’ll know that I am a fan…
Coming up in September will be the 3rd installment of the Wireless Field Day events and I was trying to think of a fun play on the event, how can we relate this to something out there people know about? I came up with the idea that the Wireless Field Day events are kind of…