A wireless network engineer from Texas with a passion for technology and using it to do amazing things.
Breakfast of champions.As the second day of wireless field day began, we were all eager to find out what we would learn from 3 of the top Wi-Fi vendors in the world. After meeting with Ruckus and seeing their emphasis on moving control and administrative platforms to the cloud to facilitate mobility from a larger perspective, I wondered... Continue Reading →
The second day at any show is always better than the first. You have your bearings, you've seen a few people, you hear some buzz, and you know what to look for.I would say that I am a tradeshow junkie. I love these things. From a business perspective, a personal perspective, and now from the... Continue Reading →
I got a really great email yesterday from a man named Stevphn Foskett. It was to let me know that I had been selected as a delegate for an event called Wireless Field Day.I stood quietly up from my chair at a restaurant and proceeded to do a little dance right beside the table. I'm not... Continue Reading →
Today at the 2015 Aruba Atmosphere conference in Las Vegas, one of the things that got the most attention from the online audience was the inclusion of a sensor product that is supposed to be out in the second half of 2015. Few things got the amount of ooh's and ahhh's, at least for those... Continue Reading →
Straight from the rumor mill:LTE-U and Wi-Fi Coming Together?There's this weird combination of rumors going around right now that are getting me pretty excited. They all seem to center on one manufacturer, and all in one general area: LTE-U.First, LTE-U is all the rage. That article I posted a few weeks back got some fantastic... Continue Reading →
I recently had to go fix up an install of 5 Xirrus 2425H arrays, and in the process of doing so have found some lessons learned that I felt I should share in case anyone gets stuck or needs some info on their deployment.Not that this has anything to do with this post, but this... Continue Reading →
I want to talk about one little issue that keeps popping up over and over to reiterate something that might be overlooked, as it is so many times in the field:DHCP Scope Size on Public Wireless NetworksIt sounds ridiculous, I know, but I've had to troubleshoot so many networks where the DHCP scope was not... Continue Reading →
Lee Badman wrote a killer counter-point write-up to my preso at WFD 7. Naturally I had to respond :)Here's the link to his posting: Liking One Social Wi-Fi Cases Study and Disliking AnotherCheck out Lee's comments at the roundtable hereLee, what a great write-up! I think you nailed the counter-point perspective perfectly, and I am happy... Continue Reading →
An article got published in our local paper with a few lines I was quoted on regarding citywide wireless access."Misison to Set-up WI-Fi Hotspots for Students"All in all I think it's a great idea to start to look at classroom extensions in more areas like ours. I am a firm believer in extending education into... Continue Reading →