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Channel Utilization - viewing BSS Load

Viewing Wi-Fi Channel Utilization or BSS Load

Channel utilization is one metric we use to gauge Wi-Fi performance. Understanding congestion at the access point (AP) level can mean a few different things. A more standards-based term for this is Basic Service Set (BSS) Load. It is defined in the 802.11 standard and part of

Reduced Neighbor Report Plays A Critical Role in Wi-Fi 6E

Reduced Neighbor Report Plays A Critical Role in Wi-Fi 6E

What are the benefits of using Reduced Neighbor Reports (RNRs) in Wi-Fi 6E and how they can help optimize Wi-Fi connectivity? Although Wi-Fi 6E brings a plethora of spectrum for devices to slaughter over, it’s too much for a single device to scan through as it

Wi-Fi 6E OWE Frame Exchange

Wi-Fi 6E OWE Frame Exchange

Open SSIDs continue to be used across many networks. Prior to Opportunistic Wireless Encryption (OWE), communications between devices and access points were unencrypted. But we relied on applications to provide increased security. An open SSID usually provides a device with network access after the 802.11 association. OWE improves upon

Single-Tap Wi-Fi Test

Single-Tap Wi-Fi Test

How much time does it take you to troubleshoot a Wi-Fi network? Do you have a specific methodology in place to document every layer of connectivity? And how quickly does it take you to determine the issue was not even Wi-Fi related? When the network engineer is made

Frame capture of a beacon frame

How Multiple BSSID Helps in Wi-Fi 6

Network operators will find an improvement with Wi-Fi 6/6E in how access points broadcast SSIDs. We won’t be getting away from environments that have several broadcasted SSIDs (ahem.. WeWork). An environment surrounded by many Wi-Fi networks will be affected by beacon overhead. It will eat away

Holding the EtherScope nXG Wi-Fi 6E

6 GHz Frame Captures with EtherScope nXG

How do we scan all the available channels in Wi-Fi 6E? With an additional 1200 MHz of spectrum ahead of us, we need to have the tools and resources for planning and analysis. Wi-Fi 6E brings high efficiency. With that comes increased complexity in how we will analyze

Ekahau AI Pro - Network Simulator feature

First Look at Ekahau AI Pro - Network Simulator

Ekahau AI Pro is the latest release to Ekahau’s Wi-Fi design, validation, and troubleshooting software. This is considered version 11 and it comes with many new features. In this blog post I’m going to highlight the Network Simulator feature. But before using Network Simulator it’s important