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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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We all want to work as efficiently as possible. After spending too much time staring at Wireshark pcap files and straining my eyes over frame exchanges, I got tired of looking for that MAC address I …
Opportunistic Wireless Encryption (OWE) will hopefully start entering the market to help secure open wireless networks. We’re getting a glimpse of it through Aruba Networks and Cisco. With the …
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We’re beginning to see vendors come out with their latest and greatest access points touting 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6) support. At the Cisco JustTheTech event, I was given a Cisco C9115 to try out …
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