Cisco Wi-Fi 7: A Leap into the Future, with Room for Reflection Cisco has stepped boldly into the future of wireless networking with its Wi-Fi 7 announcements from Cisco Live Melbourne 2024 and #MFD12. These APs showcase faster speeds, smarter capabilities, and a more unified ecosystem. The promises are ambitious, with advanced features like Ultra-Wideband (UWB) integration, simplified…
Cisco Ultra Reliable Wireless Backhaul (URWB) jumps the tank in 2025 As painful as it may be for some to hear, Wi-Fi may not be the solution to all your wireless requirements. In fact, this exact topic was recently discussed on a Tech Field Day podcast, “Wi-Fi isn’t always the Best Solution.” Some scenarios in…
Network as a Service: The Future of Connectivity as a Utility “Connectivity should be as simple, secure, and reliable as electricity.” Nile opened their presentation at #MFD12 with the quote above. For those not familiar with Nile, they are reimaging wired and wireless networking with a bold vision of what modern networks aim to achieve. This vision encapsulates the promise…
Nile Shows up to a Mobility Field Day Event This week marks the first time Nile presents at a Mobility Field Day event (#MFD12). Nile has presented at two Tech Field Day Networking Field Day events (#NFD32 & #NFD34). If you are not familiar with Nile, they are a relatively new company with a goal of revolutionizing enterprise networking by combining…
Wyebot – Wireless Intelligence Platform Wyebot recently presented at #MFD10 hosted by TechFieldDay. Wyebot offers a stress-free Wi-Fi optimization solution. Their Wireless Intelligence PlatformTM (WIP) is a fast and easy way to proactively eliminate mission-disrupting Wi-Fi issues at remote locations while allowing WLAN practitioners to remotely optimize the network before users even know there is a problem. It’s always exciting to…
Latency vs Probability of Collisions This post is based on a presentation I recently delivered – the first time at WLPC EU 2023 in Prague, CZ and the second at #MFD10 Ignite in San Jose, CA. According to statisticians, variations from the average are more relevant than the average itself. This complication often plays out…
Ventev Presents at #MFD10 Ventev had the benefit of presenting last at #MFD10 to share what they have been working on lately. They wasted no time jumping right into it with the VenGo Mobile Wireless Case. The VenGoTM is a crash kit travel case sized to fit in airplane overhead bins. Equipped with one or…
Cisco does the “AFC Side Step” with the CW9166D1 Intentionally focusing RF propagation is a good thing but with more Wi-Fi Practitioners embracing focused antennas, there is still the reality that external antennas add to the cost and complexity of the installation. Some external antennas even cost as much as the AP itself, which can make…
New Cisco Meraki MREye for Wi-Fi performance Monitoring During Mobility Field Day 9, Cisco offered a sneak peek into a new feature called “MREye” to be released soonish – in the second half of 2023 (2H23). A quick grounding to understand “marketing dates”: whenever a vendor offers a delivery date of 2H23, for example, customers hear…
