Clear To Send: Wireless Network Engineering

François goes into what it means to be an engineer. Meet Daniel Cavazos Daniel resides in San Antonio, Texas and is a Wireless Infrastructure Sales Engineer for Ventev. Sorry, Daniel! We thought we had a photo of you but we must have missed it! What Does It Mean To Be An Engineer Definitions of an... The post CTS 148: What Does It Mean To Be An Engineer appeared first on Clear To Send.

This week in wireless we have a round of news to cover. Below are what we discuss on the show with our opinions. I apologize for the briefness of the show notes. I, Rowell, am traveling this week. Cisco Catalyst 9800 Wireless Controllers: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/wireless/catalyst-9800-series-wireless-controllers/index.html Commscope to Acquire ARRIS: https://www.commscope.com/NewsCenter/PressReleases/CommScope-to-Acquire-ARRIS/ Ubiquiti Networks Enterprise technology segment soars: https://www.fool.com/amp/investing/2018/11/09/ubiquiti-networks-makes-it-3-straight.aspx Golden... The post CTS 147: This Week In Wireless – News Roundup appeared first on Clear To Send.

Gurpreet Singh shares his story of how he got started in Wi-Fi. He also explains how to approach a large Wi-Fi deployment. Deploying Wi-Fi at Scale Gurpreet deployed a new Wi-Fi infrastructure for a large food chain and shared his experience. We talk about what is different when deploying at a bigger scale. Preparation is... The post CTS 146: Deploying Wi-Fi at Scale with Gurpreet Singh appeared first on Clear To Send.

François and Rowell discuss tips to creating Ekahau reports. 6 Tips for Creating Ekahau Reports 1 – Use testing files If you have worked on any programming project before, you will easily understand this tip. Working on a report template is kind of working on a programming project. Here is a summary of the work... The post CTS 145: 6 Tips for Creating Ekahau Reports appeared first on Clear To Send.

Rowell and François discuss their tips and advice when running a Meraki Wi-Fi network in challenging environments such as warehouse, hospitals, and dense office environments. Meraki Wi-Fi Tips There’s a big appeal for organizations to use Meraki. The ease of management is the biggest factor. With the management interface being user friendly and the hardware... The post CTS 144: Meraki Wi-Fi Tips appeared first on Clear To Send.

Coming off the end of the CWNP WiFi Trek conference, we go over our tips for becoming a CWNE. Tips on Becoming A CWNE Sometimes, we get sone questions from you guys about what it takes to become CWNE and if we have any tips. After seeing how many people at the CWNP WiFi Trek... The post CTS 143: Tips On Becoming A CWNE appeared first on Clear To Send.

Ookla, makers behind Speedtest.net, have acquired Ekahau. Ooklahau Announced October 10th, 2018 Ookla has acquired Ekahau. The makers behind Speedtest.net are getting their hands into the Wi-Fi world by acquiring the maker of Wi-Fi validation tools. It’s a headscratcher of an acquisition. Speedtest.net is Ookla’s flagship product. It’s used by many people around the world.... The post CTS 142: Jussi Kiviniemi Discusses the Ekahau Acquisition appeared first on Clear To Send.

Nyansa provides visibility into your Wi-Fi network. What can you do with it? Analytics Data & Wi-Fi Coming off Mobility Field Day 3 (MFD3), Nyansa brings a couple of updates. There’s a lot of data collected and presented onto the dashboard. What could be challenging is understanding all the data you’re able to see. And... The post CTS 141: Analytics Data & Wi-Fi appeared first on Clear To Send.

We discuss Mist System’s bet on Artificial Intelligence in Wi-Fi Mist Goes All In With AI Mist delivers an update from a year ago when they announced their Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Wi-Fi, Marvis. With a lot more features implemented, it’s possible for a user to ask questions in a natural language and instantly get... The post CTS 140: Mist Goes All In With AI appeared first on Clear To Send.

Understanding OWE operation from the Aruba Networks demo presented at MFD3. Aruba Networks Demos OWE Opportunistic Wireless Encryption (OWE) is a security improvement coming to open SSIDs. It’s aimed at securing the insecure. We see it everywhere. A Wi-Fi network completely open for clients to join. It’s unencrypted traffic between clients and the AP. OWE... The post CTS 139: Aruba Networks Demos OWE at MFD3 appeared first on Clear To Send.

David Coleman and David Westcott join the show to discuss the new release of the Sybex CWNA Study Guide. Sybex CWNA Study Guide, 5th Edition David Coleman and David Westcott have released an updated version of the Sybex CWNA Study Guide, 5th Edition. It’s been refreshed for the CWNA-107 exam and it’s packed with a... The post CTS 138: CWNA with Coleman and Westcott appeared first on Clear To Send.

Eric Johnson talks about how MIMO works. We also talked about outdoor Wi-Fi, MU-MIMO and 802.11ax.   Nick Turner We interviewed Nick at Cisco Live US 2018 at the Ekahau booth (he works for Ekahau). He is the reason why Ekahau template reports are so popular. You should also check out his blog where he shares some... The post CTS 137: MIMO appeared first on Clear To Send.

Jim Palmer talks about how he performs RF filtering and isolation to improve client connectivity. RF Filtering and Isolation We welcome Jim Palmer to the podcast. He’s one of the newest delegates for Mobility Field Day 3. I look forward to meeting Jim in person and learning more about him. Jim works at a major... The post CTS 136: RF Filtering and Isolation appeared first on Clear To Send.

There are authentication and encryption types any Wi-Fi professional should know about.. Meet Dave Benham Dave is a sharp Wireless Network Engineer and a great guy. He’s very knowledgeable in everything Wi-Fi and is cool to hang out with. This is one of the reasons we wanted you ask him some questions! Also, he has... The post CTS 135: Authentication and Encryption Types appeared first on Clear To Send.

The 4-Way Handshake is critical for secure wireless transmissions. Learn more about it in this episode. Alan Wang We met Alan at Cisco Live US 2018 in Orlando, FL. He was also the winner of our CLUS giveaway during the conference! Learn more about Alan, the network engineer, in this episode. CWS & CWT Bundle... The post CTS 134: Understanding the 4-Way Handshake appeared first on Clear To Send.

Let’s discuss the different 802.11 PHY types available for devices to use. Meet Glenn Cate Our featured wireless network engineer is Glenn Cate, CWNE #181. Catching up with Glenn at Cisco Live 2018 was great and we were able to get him talking about himself. Listen to the episode to hear a little bit about... The post CTS 133: 802.11 PHY Types appeared first on Clear To Send.

Recorded at Cisco Live 2018 in Orlando, FL, we speak to Christian Gauer about Wi-Fi location-based analytics. Meet Greg Skeene Our featured wireless engineer for this episode is Greg Skeene. He’s a listener of the show and we finally met up during a meetup at Cisco Live. Listen to the episode to hear him answer François’... The post CTS 132 – Location-Based Analytics appeared first on Clear To Send.

What frame exchanges are part of a device joining an SSID? CWS & CWT Book Giveaway We’re raffling off a two bundles of the CWS & CWT books from CWNP. Two winners will get a copy of each book. If you’re getting into Wi-Fi or would like to know the fundamentals so you can sell... The post CTS 131: 802.11 Authentication and Association appeared first on Clear To Send.

Get your basics of Wi-Fi starting with RF characteristics. Before we get into RF characteristics, we want to introduce our series of interviews we did at Cisco Live 2018. We interviewed many wireless engineers to get to know them better. We ask ten questions, we get ten answers. So meet Jason Beshara. We introduce him... The post CTS 130: RF Characteristics appeared first on Clear To Send.

Recorded at Cisco Live 2018 in Orlando, Florida. We speak to Mike Geller and Pramod Nair about 5G technology and what Wi-Fi professionals would know about. 5G Technology We’ve been hearing a lot about 5G lately. But do many of you what is involved with 5G? We just know it’s the next number up from... The post CTS 129: 5G Technology appeared first on Clear To Send.