In this article, Sam Clements discusses the evolution of Meraki and its suitability for enterprise deployment. He highlights that over the years, Meraki has addressed various concerns, such as external antennas, firmware update controls, RF profiles, high gain antennas, and operating temperature. He also notes that with the integration of the Catalyst portfolio, Meraki now offers monitoring and insights for Catalyst 9800 WLCs through the dashboard, hinting at a potential future for configuration capabilities. Clements suggests that those who may have previously had reservations about Meraki should reconsider, as the platform continues to evolve and align with enterprise requirements.
A Return to In-Person Atmosphere and the First Ever Self-Locating AP
In his latest post, Samuel Clements talks about his experience at this past Networking Field Day Experience at Aruba Atmosphere. This the first in-person event since the shut-down, therefore Sam goes into detail on how struck he is at just how valuable the in-person experience is. Check out his thoughts now!
S1E1 – 802.11ax 6ghz and the death of Wi-Fi
In this first episode of CenterFreqs, Samuel Clements and Jonathan Davis discuss what happens after 802.11ax. 6Ghz, 320Mhz channels, and future wireless standards. Plus some interesting stuff from NETSCOUT as seen at Mobility Field Day.
Analyzing analytic offerings
Sam Clements reviews some of the recent analytics solutions, including many from Mobility Field Day earlier this year. He looks at solutions from Nyansa, Mist Systems, Meraki, Aruba, and Cisco.
AirCheck G2 gets a v3
Sam Clements got a deep dive into the new v3 firmware for NETSCOUT’s AirCheck G2 at Mobility Field Day earlier this month. The update adds a number of important features, including improved packet capture, Live-Link improvements to reduce dependence on Windows-only apps, and the ability to do over the air updates. For Sam, this makes already valuable AirCheck G2 even better.
Management Frame Detection?
Samuel Clements considers the acronym MFD. What could be better than Management Frame Detection? Mobility Field Day of course! He’s heading out to the event later this month. In this post, he reviews the announced presenters and what he expects to hear about from each. Remember, you can follow along with all presentations during the event on our live stream, and engage with the conversation on Twitter using #MFD3.
No Strings Attached Show E64 – Wireless AI
On the latest No Strings Attached Show Blake Krone sits down with Bob Friday from Mist Systems. They discuss what AI means for wireless networks and engineers alike discussing how AI will help not replace the Wireless engineer.
AirCheck G2 gets a v2
NETSCOUT dropped a big update for the AirCheck G2 in the 2.0 firmware update. This added iPerf testing and interference detection stood out as major additions of the release for Sam Clements. Sam’s big takeaway: The G2 is an overbuilt hardware platform and it’s refreshing to see that Netscout is taking advantage of that extra horsepower.
10 reasons to take another look at 2015 Cisco Mobility
10 reasons to take another look at 2015 Cisco Mobility
