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…
It’s been a year, where is Open Locate Now? Last year, HPE Aruba Networking announced Open Locate, an indoor location solution designed to unlock real-time location services (RTLS) for various applications across indoor spaces. The solution utilizes a combination of integrated GPS receivers allowing APs installed at the perimeter of the building, with sufficient signal to…
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…
Aruba Atmosphere ’23 Sessions Hit List With Aruba Atmosphere 2023 kicking off next week, I wanted to share a list of the sessions that I am interested in attending or watching the recording post conference. You can find a list of all available sessions here. Sessions to Attend Here is of sessions and keynotes that I plan to…
Cisco Live 2023 Session List Here is a list of sessions that I am planning to sit on or have favourited to watch the recording (because there just isn’t enough time to get to every session). Session Bias Notice This is a self-confession that I am most excited about mobility, IoT, and Private 5G, complemented…
7 Reasons to Attend HPE/Aruba Atmosphere 2023 HPE/Aruba is returning to Las Vegas April 23-28th at the Venetian Resort for their annual conference – Atmosphere ’23 – “For What Comes Next”. Airheads track – For the technical nomad – when a single training class is too much and you want a taste of everything while maintaining control of your…
On the heels of WLPC Phoenix 2023 First, a few initial thoughts before jumping into sessions’ sound bites… WLPC 2023 introduced 20-min talks, giving speakers more time to go deeper into their topic and share more data. As all talks were voted on by the community, there was already a hunger to hear more about these…
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…
Wi-Fi 7 – Wait is shorter than you think There is a saying that accurately captures fluff in statistical marketing: “80% of all statistics are made up on the spot, 2/3rds of all people know that.” To satisfy the consumption driven capitalistic mantra Sell Something Now, vendors are quick to provide dates and timelines carefully selected to seduce buyers into making purchases today instead of using…
Accuracy Setting Change in Ekahau AI Pro Previously, in Ekahau Pro, WLAN professionals had the ability to define how far from a measured point Ekahau could make an educated guess to generate a heat map. This distance was defined as an accuracy setting and could be selected as any one of the following values: Accuracy…
