Clear To Send: Wireless Network Engineering

We’re diving into a world where businesses and Wi-Fi network engineers have full control over their Wi-Fi infrastructure through White Box Wi-Fi. This episode is sponsored by Mojo Networks White Box Wi-Fi Rick Wilmer, CEO of Mojo Networks, got into the wireless industry through a CPE and core router company. He saw wireless networking being... The post CTS 128: The Value of White Box Wi-Fi with Mojo Networks (Sponsored) appeared first on Clear To Send.

Ensuring the stadium Wi-Fi implementation goes according to the design. Stadium Wi-Fi Implementation Chris Reed joins the show to follow up on his stadium Wi-Fi design episode to discuss the implementation portion. He joined us back on Episode 123 where he went into the design of Wi-Fi within large public venues or stadiums. A wireless... The post CTS 127: Stadium Wi-Fi Implementation appeared first on Clear To Send.

We took Anders Nilsson away from a party during Cisco Live and asked him to talk about Eduroam. Eduroam Anders Nilsson joins us on the show to discuss the basics of eduroam, how it works, and why higher education institutions decide to deploy the eduroam SSID on their campus. Anders is from Sweden and you... The post CTS 126: Using Eduroam in Higher Education appeared first on Clear To Send.

We take a look at what resources are available to capture frames on Windows OS. 802.11 Frame Captures on Windows Back in episode 121, we spoke highly of Macbook Pros being perfect tools for wireless frame captures. But not everyone has a Macbook Pro. Even I still have a Windows laptop and need to do... The post CTS 125: 802.11 Frame Captures on Windows appeared first on Clear To Send.

Clear To Send is headed to Cisco Live Orlando. Cisco Live Orlando One of the largest conferences is headed back to the East Coast – in Orlando, Florida. If you know anything about Cisco Live then you know there are a plethora of sessions to select from. But we’re passionate about Wi-Fi which is what... The post CTS 124: Wireless Session Quick List – Cisco Live Orlando appeared first on Clear To Send.

François Vergès and Chris Reed join forces on Clear To Send to talk about design principles of stadium Wi-Fi.  Designing Stadium Wi-Fi What are important considerations when designing Wi-Fi for very high density environment such as stadium? Of course the tools come to mind such as Andrew Von Nagy’s Capacity Planner and Ekahau Site Survey... The post CTS 123: Design Principles of Stadium Wi-Fi appeared first on Clear To Send.

Wi-Fi Alliance EasyMesh certification is meant to bring interoperability between vendors for mesh networking. Wi-Fi Alliance EasyMesh Mesh networking helps bring coverage in homes where one access point can’t quite do it. The Wi-Fi Alliance EasyMesh enables interoperability across access points from different vendors. The term given to an access point is Multi-AP. The Multi-AP has... The post CTS 122: EasyMesh – Interoperability Between Vendors appeared first on Clear To Send.

Capturing wireless frames is a must know skill for any Wi-Fi network engineer. Capturing Wireless Frames with a Mac The Macbook Pro is an excellent tool for capturing wireless frames. The built-in wireless adapter can be used to sniff wireless frames in the air. As I like to say, the best troubleshooting tool you can... The post CTS 121: Capturing Wireless Frames with a Mac appeared first on Clear To Send.

Troubleshooting Wi-Fi in a warehouse environment can get complex. We outline 6 tips to help you out.   6 Warehouse Wi-Fi Troubleshooting Tips Warehouse environments are tricky. They’re complex. Many factors can limit how well Wi-Fi works. There are tall racks which go as high as 30 feet or more. Depending on what kind of... The post CTS 120: 6 Warehouse Troubleshooting Wi-Fi Tips appeared first on Clear To Send.

Coming off the Cisco Champion Radio podcast, François and Rowell share their RRM experience.   Our Cisco RRM Experience We use Cisco RRM on a daily basis and in most of the environments we configure and manage. It’s come a long way since it’s introduction but we’re both still learning so much about Cisco RRM.... The post CTS 119: Our RRM Experience appeared first on Clear To Send.

Rowell had the pleasure of meeting with Quantenna at their headquarters in San Jose, CA. Quantenna Just around the corner from my own home is the headquarters of Quantenna, in San Jose, CA. Their sign is prominent from the street and I drive by it several times. This time, I find myself sitting inside one... The post CTS 118: Quantenna – A Wi-Fi Chipset Company appeared first on Clear To Send.

What’s coming up for Wi-Fi with developers and how can we learn to automate our Wi-Fi day-to-day? DevNet Create 2018 I was expecting to be amongst the developers but I left feeling inspired about what we can create while working with Wi-Fi. This was my first time attending DevNet Create and it certainly won’t be... The post CTS 117: A Wi-Fi Engineer Goes to DevNet Create appeared first on Clear To Send.

Robert Boardman joins the show to share his experience as a first-time attendee at Aruba Atmosphere. Aruba Atmosphere 2018 Hosted at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Aruba Atmosphere packed in about 3000 wireless professionals for a great conference. Robert Boardman joins the show to share his experience in attending for the first time. Robert... The post CTS 116: Aruba Atmosphere 2018 appeared first on Clear To Send.

Free Space Path Loss (or FSPL) represents the amount of energy that a given radio wave loses as it travels through the air away from its source. Understanding FSPL will help us understand how far a Wi-Fi signal can go. It is also widely used by Wi-Fi survey tools to predict Wi-Fi signal propagation. Free... The post CTS 115: Free Space Path Loss appeared first on Clear To Send.

Automation and programming is making its way into the WLAN engineer’s daily work life. Jake Snyder joins the show to provide his experience and use cases. Automate or Die We’ve seen automation take over the server and networking world. Wi-Fi is the last to fully embrace programming, APIs, and automation. It’s slowly making it’s way.... The post CTS 114: Automate or Die appeared first on Clear To Send.

Robert Boardman, of WiFi of Everything, joins the show to tell us his thoughts on the upcoming Cisco Live conference during the summer of 2018. Cisco Live 2018: What To Expect Cisco Live 2018 will be from June 10 – 14, 2018 in Orlando Florida. Robert and I are both Cisco Champions. We decided to... The post CTS 113: The Wizarding World of Cisco Live 2018 appeared first on Clear To Send.

Fred Niehaus and Wes Purvis, of Cisco, discuss how the network sensor brings an impact with Wi-Fi assurance. The Network Sensor This episode was all brought together because of a recent announcement of Cisco’s dedicated Wi-Fi network sensor. A smaller AP-looking device, similar to the Cisco 1815, that can be wall-mounted or placed close to... The post CTS 112: Wi-Fi Assurance With Sensors appeared first on Clear To Send.

This year, Rowell wasn’t able to attend WLPC. But François made it to Phoenix and presented too! Why You Shoulnd’t Skip WLPC WLPC 2018 was packed with a lot of great presentations by different people in the Wi-Fi industry. The format of this years’ conference was a little different: 3 Main sessions of 55 mins... The post CTS 111 – Why You Shouldn’t Skip WLPC appeared first on Clear To Send.

Teaching & learning is taking advantage of Wi-Fi. Are you ready for the connected classroom? The Highly Connected Classroom Students are bringing more Wi-Fi capable devices into the classroom. Professors have used the “closed lid” method with students for a while now to prevent distractions from happening during lectures. Other professors have shifted their teaching... The post CTS 110: The Wi-Fi Connected Classroom appeared first on Clear To Send.

Special guests, Samuel Clements and George Stefanick join the show to discuss the Ekahau Sidekick with Rowell Dionicio and Jussi Kiviniemi. Ekahau Sidekick Wireless site surveys have been performed with USB adapters for a long time. Many have had grueling battles with getting these USB adapters working, we’ve had them fail, and have seen varying... The post CTS 109: Ekahau Sidekick, Spectrum Analysis, and Finnish Rap appeared first on Clear To Send.