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Send us Fan Mail The 10 Things series continues, back for it's second thing we think you ought to know. This time, Jim and John do their best to convince you that as much as we all want more...in WiFi, more is not always better. In fact, sometimes, when it comes to RF, more can be quite detrimental to your WLAN network. So, tune in and find out what to watch out for and why. And if you'd...

Send us Fan Mail In our latest episode, Jim and John have the good fortune to spend time with the incomparable Mark Gibson to talk about all things AFC. Mark is able to shed light on a lot of the finer points about AFC, what is involved and what goes into getting it cleared for us to benefit from. The knowledge in this episode is tremendous, the 40 minutes flew by, and it may be Jim's favorit...

Send us Fan Mail In our latest edition of the RUCKCast, Jim and John kick off a new series dubbed "10 Things You Should Know About WiFi". This will launch a new part every two weeks, and the intent is to shed some light on ten topics within WiFi that are critical and yet, often overlooked or misunderstood by some. If you'd prefer to follow along, the video will be live on the RUCKUS...

Send us Fan Mail It is our Season 4 Kickoff episode! That's right folks, Jim and John survived the holidays and are back and ready for an exciting and fun-filled 2024.  Not a ton to get into on this one, just a lot to look forward to. The mutts cover topics such as any future live streams (after they pulled one off in 2023!), as well as a foray into YouTube, beginning with the upcoming 10 Thi...

Send us Fan Mail Yes, we know we said we were done earlier in December until the new year. But we did promise a live stream too, and this is it. Sort of. This one truly does make more sense as the video version of it, as it allows you to follow along with Jim as he navigates an R550 from standalone code, all the way through to controller code and everything in between. However, if you'd rathe...

Send us Fan Mail In a bit of a surprise episode, John flies solo and talks to Dave Burns (PLM over RUCKUS 1) and Rajiv Iyer (PLM for AI) about a nice present for our RUCKUS users just in time for Christmas. While the R770 was announced to the world earlier this year, this talk is all about the R770 now being supported within our RUCKUS 1 cloud platform.  For more on the R770, check out the prior e...

Send us Fan Mail Hard to believe, but Jim and John survived a whole season, 35 episodes in all counting this one. And for this one, the mutts run down what a year it was, discussing our best shows, as well as their top fives. Plus, if that wasn't enough, there's more! These two take time to hype up the exciting content and surprises already planned for 2024! Also, please do take a minute...

Send us Fan Mail In this, our 88th RUCKCast, Jim and John are joined by a talent from one of our LPV partners. Alfredo Garicoche joins the mutts to discuss at a high level what technology challenges an LPV partner tackles on a regular basis, and just how RUCKUS assets can help them deliver a successful engagement. Intro music by Alex Grohl, available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsRWpx8VJ...

Send us Fan Mail In another fine stray dog of an episode, Jim and John chose violence...kind of. It's a controller cage match, as our pair of mutts discuss the merits of virtual SmartZones, RUCKUS One, and RUCKUS Unleashed as controller platforms. 3 rounds wasn't quite enough, as things even required sudden death! Also...vote for the show (Jim and John) as content contributors of the yea...

Send us Fan Mail In our 87th proper RUCKCast, Jim and John bring on Tim Dyer, VP extraordinaire at RUCKUS. Tim deals with our Network as a Service side of the house, among many other duties and responsibilities. More importantly, he taught us that heavy networking does exist, and it is not a form of engineering shaming. To watch Tim's interview with Zeus Kerravala about NaaS, follow this link...

Send us Fan Mail In this follow-up to last week's episode, Jim and John finish out their initial list of hidden, unsung RUCKUS features. Except, this week most of the features aren't really hidden, they just aren't talked about enough, or in the case of BeamFlex+, underappreciated. From BeamFlex to troubleshooting and more, listen in as the guys finish out their initial list of unsu...

Send us Fan Mail Yes indeed, it is a BONUS Stray Dog episode, where Jim and John take time out of their days to talk about WLPC past and future. That is, Jim's experience with WLPC Prague 2023, and what is yet to come in Phoenix in 2024. Jim's video about being wrong can be found here https://youtu.be/xC3WKR61XwA?si=lPX08wYW-Z6Zm1UE Videos for WLPC Prague 2023 are available here: https:/...

Send us Fan Mail When you use a product or products for years, you take things for granted. Sometimes, you don't even realize that how you know how to do things? It's not the same for someone using a different platform...so when new folks start using new hardware...it's worth looking at some of those hidden gems.  This is where Jim and John come in, with their 5th Stray Dog covering...

Send us Fan Mail In this, our 86th episode, Jim and John talk with Andrea Coppini, a RUCKUS SE from Spain. Andrea's name might not be well known, but the application he created certainly is well known in the RUCKUS world. Andrea is the creator of  Crossbreeder, a software application that helps RUCKUS administrators do a lot of really neat things. Or, as he put it, he wants to be lazy, so he...

Send us Fan Mail In our fourth Stray Dog, Jim and John talk to Jim and John about what in the Wi-Fi world scares them! Intro music by Alex Grohl, available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsRWpx8VJ_E and https://pixabay.com/users/alexgrohl-25289918/

Send us Fan Mail In our latest episode, Jim and John spend time talking with Eric Schroeder, who as it turns out...might not be so fond of wireless. Because, you see, Eric is a switch guy. And while we all know wireless is easy because, you know...no wires...we actually really need good wired networks.  Which, as luck would have it, is something Eric knows and delivers on a regular basis, so it wa...

Send us Fan Mail In our 82nd episode of the RUCKCast, Jim and John learn that they are dinosaurs, thanks to AI. Or, maybe they think like dinosaurs...but did dinosaurs even think? And since no one reads these...what kind of dinos ARE Jim and John...these are important questions.  But, in more serious news before the comet hits us, our Jurassic hosts are joined once again by Mittal Parekh to talk a...

Send us Fan Mail In our latest episode, Jim and John are joined by Tuofu Lu from RUCKUS PLM to introduce our first Wi-Fi 7 enterprise AP to the world, the RUCKUS Networks R770. You can read the press release by going to this link here https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231010838927/en/RUCKUS-Networks-Leads-The-Wi-Fi-7-Revolution-With-The-R770-Access-Point-The-First-Enterprise-Class-Wi-Fi-7-S...

Send us Fan Mail In yet another exciting episode, Jim and John get to spend time talking with RUCKUS Principal Systems Engineer Sean Hogston. And since there's like...nothing big on the horizon...the trio decides to spend time chatting about this little old thing called Wi-Fi 7, with the mutts leaning on Sean's years of experience to gain insight into what lies ahead for our customers an...

Send us Fan Mail In another great Stray Dog episode, Jim and John talk about Jim's dream of being a marching band drum star before switching gears and discussing the value of investing in designs for your Wi-Fi network...and what could happen if you don't re-design when upgrading to Wi-Fi 6e and beyond. Intro music by Alex Grohl, available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsRWpx8VJ_...

Send us Fan Mail On our latest episode, Jim and John are joined by Al Brown, CEO of SmartWAVE Technologies, a RUCKUS Partner. And why are the mutts talking to the CEO of one of our partners? It's all about Wi-Fi 7 once again, and we get a partner's perspective about what's ahead of us for this new standard, and what they are excited about to provide to their customers. Except for th...

Send us Fan Mail In our latest episode, Jim and John learn that they cannot be replaced by AI (we tried!?) but they can be joined by Mittal Parekh to talk about all the things that AI can and cannot do for our most excellent modern networks. Intro music by Alex Grohl, available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsRWpx8VJ_E and https://pixabay.com/users/alexgrohl-25289918/

Send us Fan Mail Our mangy mutts Jim and John are back from a vacation (really, just John), and it's time to talk about how Wi-Fi doesn't take a vacation (or why we should leave our toys, tools and laptops at home!). Intro music by Alex Grohl, available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsRWpx8VJ_E and https://pixabay.com/users/alexgrohl-25289918/

Send us Fan Mail In our latest and greatest, Jim and John spend more time with esteemed SE Ryan McCaigue, discussing all things relative to wired and wireless networking in the classroom environment! Intro music by Alex Grohl, available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsRWpx8VJ_E and https://pixabay.com/users/alexgrohl-25289918/

Send us Fan Mail In our latest episode, Jim and John sit down with special guest Ryan McCaigue to talk about every kid's most favoritest time of the year...back to school! For our teaching trio, they discuss key factors in deploying and supporting in-school Wi-Fi that will earn them that A+! To learn more about client capabilities, check out "The List" at https://clients.mikealbano....