The Art of Wi-Fi
A blog about stuff we find interesting. But, mostly Wi-Fi.
WLPC Phoenix 2022 Sessions on YouTube!
WLPC has aways posted the recordings of all the sessions on YouTube since day one. Here is the YouTube playlist to watch at you leisure. Fantastic information from Wi-Fi pros from around the world.
Final 802.11ax Standard Now Available For Download… for Free.
If you’re the kind of nerd that likes to get into the minutiae of things - have I got some reading for you!
What’s RF Monitor-Mode and Why Does It Matter?
In this article I'll dive in a little deeper to give some insight on what packet captures and RF Monitor-Mode are, are and what they can reveal.
Get the Low Down on Wi-Fi in 6GHz
Keith Parsons, Chuck Lukaszewski, Lee Badman, and Peter MacKenzie discuss some of the issues around 6E and 6GHz design.
Why Active Surveys? (or, What’s the deal with Throughput Tests?)
In this post, I'd like to go a bit deeper into Active Surveys, what they are, and what are they used for.
Wireless Surveys Explained
What is a wireless site survey? Seems like a pretty straight forward question … or it is?
“WiFi Shark-Fu” - Practical Wireless Analysis.
Presentation from Wireless LAN Professionals Conference 2019 on using Wireshark for practical wireless packet analysis. If you are interested in troubleshooting wireless, studying for the CWAP exam, or just want to learn about 802.11, watch this video.
Wireless roaming for Apple & Samsung devices.
Knowing is half the battle. Understanding how your devices make decisions helps you determine design requirements to build better WLANs. Here’s documentation on how Apple and Samsung devices make roaming decisions.
Options for wireless packet captures in Windows.
In Windows, you cannot effectively analyze wireless frames, because you are unable to put the wireless NIC in "RF Monitor Mode" - that is the mode in which the wireless NIC can see ALL 802.11 frames in the air, not just ones intended for itself.
Use macOS Wireless Diagnostics to help you diagnose Wi-Fi issues.
We love our Macs. And this is just one of that MANY reasons why.
Understanding mobile device roaming behaviors & troubleshooting best practices.
This is a great talk from George Stefanick at this years Aruba Atmosphere Conference in Las Vegas. Make the time to watch this one. It's extremely informational.