Wireless LAN Professionals

After nearly twenty-five years working in wireless LANs, I’ve learned that the hardest part of troubleshooting usually isn’t the diagnosis, it’s having the right tool in the bag when the problem shows up. For most of my career, the wireless professional’s field kit was fairly predictable: a laptop, a survey adapter or two, a spectrum analyzer, a handheld tester, laser range f...

I saw someone post something about this cable tester, and since I had a couple of boxes of USB-C cables hanging around, OK, perhaps I have a problem throwing things out… I’m sure you also have a box or drawer of cables you keep ‘just because’ you might need them someday.

Well, this cable tester helped me pare that do...

Last month’s Wi-Co meeting in Washington, DC once again demonstrated why this event has become such a valuable fixture for professionals working across wireless, mobility, and enterprise networking. In an industry that moves quickly and often communicates through press releases, webinars, and marketing-driven conferences, Wi-Co continues to stand out as something differen...

We’ve all been there, you are on some hotel guest Wi-Fi and you see the Wi-Fi connect, but then you can’t get an IP address, and the Captive Portal just isn’t getting triggered.

Here are a couple of solutions that might help trigger the HTTP the Captive Portal is looking for, instead of the HTTPS your client is probably defaulting to.