Wireless LAN Professionals

By Keith Parsons, CWNE #3

See the full comparison in one file: Download the complete spreadsheet — every tool, every band, the capability matrix, and sources.

By Keith Parsons, CWNE #3

Heat map color does not measure performance. Vendor-supplied AP ratios are not engineering. And a pretty survey screenshot can hide a network that fails every requirement your customer actually cares about. Every WLAN decision — coverage, capacity, channel plan, AP selection, validation — must be grounded in defined requirements an...

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...