The Wi-Fi Colour Wheel: A Simple Framework for Better Real-World WLANs Most people experience Wi-Fi in one of two states: That second state is where modern Wi-Fi planning often goes wrong—not because the technology is weak, but because the design and expectations are misaligned. The Wi-Fi Colour Wheel is a helpful way to explain why. It reminds…
Strike a balance between Wi-Fi Performance vs the Cost Here’s a spicy take for your Friday feed: maybe “better Wi-Fi” isn’t always better business. We love squeezing out the last few percentage points of performance. It’s fun, technical, and it looks fantastic in a heatmap. But if that 4% bump demands triple the hardware and…
WLPC EU 2023 Prague Conference Recap Before the main WLPC conference officially starts, boot camps run for 3 days; they are a different animal. What would typically be a 4-day course is packed into 3 days of learning. It really is drinking from the firehose. The following boot camps ran in 2023 with an interesting…
AP Colour Update in Ekahau AI Pro 11.1.1 Previously, I wrote about the ability to customize report templates in Ekahau Pro using AP colours: With the release of Ekahau AI Pro 11.1.1 on October 13th, 2022, three (3) new colours were added to provide even more options for WLAN professionals to tag and differentiate APs. The three…
Alternative WLAN Project Lifecycle This is an alternative WLAN Project Lifecycle consisting of the following four core stages and two complimentary activities: Define Design Deploy Diagnose Validate Communicate The WLAN Project Lifecycle can be entered via any stage. There is no defined start or end as the WLAN Lifecyle continually cycles through various stages. Each…
