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How IPv6 Enables The Connected Home
Every day a new gadget hits the market, promising to connect  another aspect of home life to the Internet. These new devices range from garage door openers, thermostats and lightbulbs to home security...
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WiFi Startup Promises Fresh Approach To The WLAN
Enterprise WiFi has become as much about big, sometimes exotic feature sets as much as simply getting users connected. For every new fast access point on the market, there’s some sort of new analytics,...
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9 Tech Startups Blazing New Trails This Summer
The once-staid worlds of networking and storage have become hotbeds for innovation as software takes a bigger role in enterprise infrastructure. With a number of startups leading the charge,...
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A MU-MIMO Reality Check
In my last blog, I provided a high-level technical overview of how multi-user multi-in multi-out (MU-MIMO) technology works. Introduced in 802.11ac Wave 2, MU-MIMO promises greater client density for...
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WiFi Troubleshooting Using Wireshark
When it comes to open-source tools for network engineers, a top choice is Wireshark, created in 1997 by Gerald Combs, who needed a tool to track network problems. Originally named Ethereal, the network...
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Linksys Brings 802.11ac Wave 2 To SMB
This year has brought a slew of 802.11ac Wave 2 access points, all touting the promise of greater WLAN client density with Wave 2's multi-user MIMO technology. This week, Linksys joined the crowd, but...
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How 802.11ac Wave 2 Complicates WiFi Troubleshooting
For all intents and purposes, 802.11ac has been a great success. Since its approval by the IEEE nearly two years ago, the WiFi standard has introduced thousands of compatible routers, laptops, mobile...
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4 WiFi Band Steering Myths
Band steering is a technique used in dual-band WiFi deployments to encourage dual-band client devices, such as most modern smartphones, tablets, laptops, and PCs, to use the less-congested and higher...
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The Crucial Role Of Wireless In Enterprise WAN
Wireless has become an essential part of the modern wide-area network (WAN). Ninety-six percent of distributed enterprises use wireless as the primary WAN connection in some of their remote sites,...
View ArticlePerforming A Manual WiFi Site Survey
Many times when I'm at a customer site, the client will suddenly request a wireless site survey. I don't always carry WiFi site survey tools with me, so I show customers what can be done with tools...
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15 WiFi Networking Blogs You Should Read
Given the central role that wireless networking plays in the enterprise today, WLAN expertise is more valuable than ever. Getting a wireless network up and running is no small feat, and all the...
View ArticleRecovering A WiFi Security Key In Windows
I think every network technician has been in a situation where he or she needs to recover the password from his or her laptop or desktop, often in situations where there's no time to lose. In this...
View ArticleIndoor Location Services: Reaching The Tipping Point
One of the many things I learned throughout my career is that mobile devices can drive industry disruption. The iPhone drove the wireless internet. Intel putting WiFi into the laptop with Centrino...
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Networking Pro Salaries Expected To Rise In 2017
Networking pros based in the US can expect higher starting salaries next year, especially those specializing in network security, according to a study released this week by staffing firm Robert...
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View ArticleExtreme Networks Snags Zebra's WLAN Business
The ongoing consolidation in the wireless LAN market continued Wednesday with Extreme Networks agreeing to acquire Zebra Technologies for $55 million in cash. It was only about two years ago that Zebra...
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Who's Hot In Infrastructure? 25 Vendors To Watch
Enterprise infrastructure is going through one of the most dramatic periods of change in the history of computing. The rise of digital business, open source technologies, and services-based IT is...
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K-12 WiFi Security Challenges
K-12 schools face tremendous challenges securing their WiFi networks from unauthorized devices. In many environments, the WiFi network is using a pre-shared key (PSK) to authenticate users on the K-12...
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Cloud-Managed WiFi Provider Open Mesh Adds Switches
The cloud has been changing how many wireless networks are built and managed for some time now in the enterprise. Cloud-managed WiFi also has grown in the SMB market with a number of vendors offering...
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