My three favorite things about the new NetAlly AirCheck G3

Nov 28, 20224 min read

My three favorite things about the new NetAlly AirCheck G3

Here are a few of the things I like about the new AirCheck G3. It is 6 GHz capable. It can do everything. Link-Live I know #3 isn't a...

Kahuna-Fi Takes A First Look At Airvine's WaveTunnel Indoor Wireless Backhaul Solution

Mike Wade

May 14, 20222 min read

Kahuna-Fi Takes A First Look At Airvine's WaveTunnel Indoor Wireless Backhaul Solution

Kahuna-Fi recently had an opportunity to test a pre-production version of Airvine's new WaveTunnel indoor backhaul solution. Airvine has...

Taming Business Disruption in the Face of Network Equipment Shortages

Wendy

Apr 26, 20224 min read

Taming Business Disruption in the Face of Network Equipment Shortages

Time to upgrade the WLAN and can't find access points? Here are 3 ways to overcome network equipment shortages and have great Wi-Fi.

Three takeaways from "The World's First Self-Locating Network" announcement at Aruba Atmosphere '22

Mike Wade

Apr 5, 20225 min read

Three takeaways from "The World's First Self-Locating Network" announcement at Aruba Atmosphere '22

This year, I was part of the Tech Field Day Experience at Aruba Atmosphere ’22. After two years of entirely online events, Aruba decided...

Frustrated your team not hitting stellar KPIs? It could be your Wi-Fi (seriously!)

Wendy

Nov 12, 20212 min read

Frustrated your team not hitting stellar KPIs? It could be your Wi-Fi (seriously!)

Diminished morale, reduced productivity and dipping revenues are all actually hallmark symptoms of a poorly designed Wi-Fi network. That...

24 GHz, why can't we all just get along?

Mike Wade

Aug 23, 20216 min read

24 GHz, why can't we all just get along?

A discussion of available spectrum and compatibility of differing radio manufacturers in the unlicensed 24 GHz band.

NetAlly's LANBERT exposes the gap between cable certification and reality

Mike Wade

Jul 29, 20212 min read

NetAlly's LANBERT exposes the gap between cable certification and reality

Historically a cable certification PASS meant that an Ethernet cable would perform all certified tests at the tested speed. In other...

Ventev's New VenVolt 2 Site Survey Battery Pack

Mike Wade

Jul 29, 20211 min read

Ventev's New VenVolt 2 Site Survey Battery Pack

I have been using Ventev (TerraWave) for years. They have been my go-to for external antennas, NEMA enclosures, and AP mounting...

Mike Wade

Jan 15, 20214 min read

CWNE Essay #2

Too Much of a Good Thing I was brought into a site by an AP manufacturer to help with an issue their customer was having. The customer...

Mike Wade

Jan 15, 20214 min read

CWNE Essay #3

Off Duty Wi-Fi While employed at my first wireless VAR, I was part of a project to provide Military and Federal Law Enforcement members...

Mike Wade

Jan 15, 20214 min read

CWNE Essay #1

Keeping the Robots Happy A wireless equipment manufacturer brought me into a project after the VAR that initially won the bid failed to...

Mike Wade

Dec 20, 20201 min read

Wi-Fi Channelization

Wi-Fi channels, what are they, how are they used, why does it matter? In this video we answer these questions.

Mike Wade

Dec 15, 20201 min read

What is RF?

In this video we demonstrate what RF is in the grand scheme of things. We introduce an excellent visualization of the electromagnetic...

All Ruckus Unleashed AP's Lose Heartbeat Simultaneously

Mike Wade

Dec 9, 20202 min read

All Ruckus Unleashed AP's Lose Heartbeat Simultaneously

Issue: AP (name@MAC) joins with uptime (xxxx) s and last disconnected reason (Heartbeat Loss) ALL Unleashed AP's lose heartbeat within...

Mike Wade

Dec 8, 20205 min read

Wireless Mesh

I get a lot of questions asking if someone should use range extenders, repeaters, or mesh to add coverage to an area that is not being...

Ruckus / Commscope ICX Switch - Enable, Upgrade, & Connect to SmartZone / Cloud / Unleashed

Mike Wade

Oct 4, 20205 min read

Ruckus / Commscope ICX Switch - Enable, Upgrade, & Connect to SmartZone / Cloud / Unleashed

This blog will describe the steps required to configure a Ruckus / Commscope ICX switch to: Enable web server and login credentials...

Mike Wade

Sep 17, 20202 min read

Stacking ICX Switches

Stacking an ICX switch should be as easy as connecting SFP+ stacking cables to the appropriate port and running > stack enable. But when...

Mike Wade

Sep 14, 20204 min read

DFS, TPC, & TDWR

DFS In many countries, regulatory requirements may limit the number of 5 GHz channels available or place additional restrictions on their...

Mike Wade

Jun 29, 20204 min read

To Teach is To Learn

If you want to learn something, read about it. If you want to understand something, write about it. If you want to master something,...

Should You Gamble with a Free Predictive Wi-Fi Network Design?

Wendy

Jun 27, 20204 min read

Should You Gamble with a Free Predictive Wi-Fi Network Design?

My mom’s happy place was Reno, to say she loved to gamble would be an understatement. Slots were her favorite. My parents went to Reno...

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