Cisco recognizes the importance of innovating for both cloud-based and on-premises customers. To support their on-premises customers, Cisco is introducing a new family of next-generation wireless controllers. The Cisco Catalyst CW9800M, CW9800H1 and CW9800H2 bring significant performance and efficiency gains over the previous generation of wireless controllers, while also reducing the form factor in the
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Digging out of the COVID “rut” by attending in-person tech conferences
This post is going to be a bit different from my regular stuff. You won’t learn anything technical here, but I hope you will still find value in what I have to say. Last week I attended the Wireless LAN Professionals Conference (WLPC) in Phoenix, AZ. I’ve attended this conference many times in the past,
De-Mist-ifying Contact Tracing – #MFD5
Contact tracing is all the rage right now. Many organizations are being tasked with reducing the risk of returning to the campus/workplace. Wouldn’t it be nice if your Wi-Fi network could provide data to help increase the safety of your guests? Mist’s Proximity Tracing is one of very few solutions I’ve seen that may actually
MFD4 – Metageek Tools Update
I’ll start by saying that I haven’t had the pleasure of using a new Metageek tool in a very long time. I bought the original WiSpy (2.4GHz only) when it was first introduced, and I later bought a WiSpy dBx (dual-band). I’ve used both, with various versions of Chanalyzer, on both MacOS and Windows over
Cisco Catalyst 9100 Series: 802.11ax APs to be excited about
The Catalyst 9100 platform is Cisco’s entry into the 802.11ax/Wi-Fi 6 Access Point realm. The platform currently includes 3 Access Point models of varying capabilities, which I will discuss below. The Elephant in the Room Catalyst? Why Catalyst? What happened to Aironet? In a word, marketing. However, the more I hear the reasoning behind the