What’s the number one go to value for “design” a wireless network? If you ask most people they will say RSSI. Received Signal Strength Indicator, or RSSI, is the quickest way to see if you have coverage. It’s the “four bars” approach to wireless design, but it isn’t anywhere close to designing a working network….
Next week marks the inaugural WLAN Professionals Summit put together by Keith Parsons and crew. I’m looking forward to getting together with fellow Wireless junkies in a vendor neutral event. The Wireless Tech Field Days have been great for getting a bunch of like minded people together to listen to what the vendors have to…
I’ve always enjoyed listening to music, it’s something I have on constantly while working, studying, playing, whatever. Music is a way to give you drive needed to get through a work day, mellow you out during a stressful event, energize your mind to let yourself go, and express any emotion out there. When I look…
Wireless is black magic, or at least that is what everyone thinks. It’s one of those technologies that you can’t “see” when you are trying to troubleshoot and validate that it is working. This means we need the right tools for the job to get things done. I’ve used a lot of the different software…
Information Technology is an interesting market, I’ve seen a lot of different setups from where people would be Jack of All Trades Master of None to the full silo where you only know one thing, and one thing alone. When I entered the professional services market you focused on a track if you will that…
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…
Having successfully passed both the Certified Wireless Technology Specialist (CWTS) and Certified Wireless Network Administrator (CWNA) my journey to Certified Wireless Network Expert (CWNE) has begun. Granted I didn’t need to take the CWTS as that is not a requirement I chose to take it given that as I was planning on having the PMs…
Ok so I’m a little behind on my WFD2 blog posts, been busy what can I say? One of the vendors that I was most interested in hearing from was Aerohive. If you haven’t heard of them you must be living under a rock or too heavily drinking your vendor of choice koolaid because they…