Clear To Send: Wireless Network Engineering

We're approaching episode 200! And we'll make it there before the end of the year. I can't believe we've made it this far. A lot of this we thank you, the listener. IT Blog Awards hosted by CiscoClear To Send is a Finalist under Podcast and a Video Series! We can't thank you guys enough […] The post CTS 196: Awards, Wi-Fi Design Day, Ekahau appeared first on Clear To Send .

You’ve probably heard how a network engineer should learn how to code because the job is changing. Our network will be driven by APIs. The role is changing. It’s not going to be overnight. The role of a network engineer will always be important. The same goes for a wireless network engineer.  But we can […] The post CTS 195: DevNet Associate Challenge appeared first on Clear To Send .

From the WLPC Prague presentation. We’ll go over our presentation and what we’ve found about Wi-Fi 6 from our testing. You can watch our WLPC Prague presentation on YouTube from the WLAN Pros channel. It will include a live Wi-Fi 6 demo where we include the audience. The demo consisted of 10 WLANpi running iPerf3 […] The post CTS 194: State of Wi-Fi 6 from WLPC appeared first on Clear To Send .

We all know Fortinet as a security company, but they also provide wireless products. They actually started to do wireless when their customers asked them to secure their own Wi-Fi Networks. This year at Mobility Field Day 4, they wanted to talk about their overall wireless offering. If you want to catch back with the […] The post CTS 193: Fortinet @ MOBILITY FIELD DAY 4 appeared first on Clear To...

Aruba covered a lot of subjects during their Mobility Field Day presentations this year, bringing some of their brightness staff members on stage. In this episode, we are discussing hot topics such as IoT, Wi-Fi in the 6GHz band, Wi-Fi 6, new Wi-Fi security and Passpoint. If you want to catch back with the presentations […] The post CTS 192: Aruba @ Mobility Field Day 4 appeared first on Clear To...

Hot off the press, an episode recorded in front of a live audience at WLPC Prague. We join WiFi Ninjas and Wireless Banter Show after a day of sessions at WLPC in Prague. This was Rowell's first time attending WLPC, which was an amazing experience. As usual, this was a rare in-person event for Rowell […] The post CTS 191: Mega Joint WLPC Prague Podcast appeared first on Clear To Send .

This is a unique episode of Clear To Send. We did a joint recording with the Wireless Banter Show. The recording only has 2/3 of the Wireless Banter Show, Jussi and Jerry. In the beginning we have a little bit of banter, because why not. The episode was recorded with as much wireless technologies as […] The post CTS 190: Adoption Rate of Wi-Fi 6 & CBRS appeared first on Clear To Send .

Helge Keck, the creator of WinFi comes on the show and talks about his new application. The new Wi-Fi scanner for Windows is already very popular and over 50 thousands people have downloaded the free tool since Helge publicly released the beta version, 1 month ago. Join us on the show to hear Helge talk […] The post CTS 189: WinFi – The New Windows Wi-Fi Scanner appeared first on Clear To Send .

Metageek is back! It’s been awhile since we’ve heard of Metageek at any Tech Field Day events. It was very nice and refreshing to hear from them and hear them present what they have been working on. If you want to catch back with the presentations and watch them, here are the links you need: […] The post CTS 188: MetaGeek @ Mobility Field Day 4 appeared first on Clear To Send .

WiFi Monitoring & Assurance Using NetBeez Wireless networks get blamed a lot for today's network issues. Any sort of hiccup leads to users creating tickets describing slow or poor performing WiFi. Enterprise organizations rely on WiFi. Central network operations centers must monitor multiple sites and quickly determine what issues may be potentially impacting business operations. […] The post CTS...

NetAlly WAS the secret company. We tell you all about it in this episode. If you want to catch back with the presentations and watch them, here are the links you need: NetAlly Company Introduction: https://vimeo.com/showcase/6218644/video/354018315 NetAlly Technology Perspective: https://vimeo.com/showcase/6218644/video/354018633 NetAlly Product Portfolio: https://vimeo.com/showcase/6218644/video/...

Recently, we hosted a webinar for our CTS listeners. We wanted to provide a way to give back to our community and interact with them on an intimate level. Usually, you hear us on a pre-recorded episode. This time around, we all get to interact with each other. You get to ask questions and we […] The post CTS 185: Wi-Fi Design Q&A Webinar appeared first on Clear To Send .

Cisco decided to join the party and also present something at Mobility Field Day 4 this year. They talked about their new wireless Catalyst line of product, IoT and OpenRoaming. If you want to catch back with the presentations and watch them, here are the links you need: Cisco Catalyst Access Expansion to Wireless: https://vimeo.com/353900415 […] The post CTS 184: Cisco @ Mobility Field Day 4 appe...

Mist is now regularly presenting at Mobility Field Day. They often like to talk about some of their success stories and update us on their “travel to the self-driving network” (i.e. how their Artificial Intelligent system is evolving). This year was no exception! If you want to catch back with the presentations and watch them, […] The post CTS 183: Mist @ Mobility Field Day 4 appeared first on Cle...

François was a first time delegate for Tech Field Day, attending Mobility Field Day 4 (MFD4). Since MFD4 was held in Santa Clara, we were able to record in-person together. We found an outdoor location called Santana Row. We apologize for any extra sounds you may hear because of that 🙂 In the beginning of […] The post CTS 182: Mobility Field Day 4 – An Overview appeared first on Clear To Send .

Rowell’s post: https://rowelldionicio.com/deploying-cisco-catalyst-9800-controller-on-vmware-esxi/ François’s post: https://www.semfionetworks.com/blog/setup-cisco-catalyst-9800-controller-on-your-laptop Cisco introduced the new Catalyst 9800 Wireless LAN Controller: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/wireless/catalyst-9800-series-wireless-controllers/index.html One of the main new features wa...

Mobility Field Day offers the opportunity for vendors to present what they have been working on in front of a group of talented delegates. It usually generates really good conversations and interactions. This year, Mobility Field Day will be taking place in Silicon Valley from August 14th to August 16th . The event is organized […] The post CTS 180: Our Expectations for Mobility Field Day 4 appear...

Did you know Wi-Fi turns 20 years old this year? It's quite amazing that we've come to rely on Wi-Fi daily. From connecting to the Internet from our homes, watching 4k streaming videos, doing some of our important work, and connecting with family across the world. Bob Friday, CTO and Founder of Mist, joins the […] The post CTS 179: 20 Years of Wi-Fi with Bob Friday appeared first on Clear To Send...

These are our Wi-Fi best practices and guidelines based on our previous experiences. So if you want to find learn how we are able to successfully deploy Wi-Fi networks with every one of our clients, then you’re in the right place. Keep reading… Why do we not have one industry set of Wi-Fi best practices […] The post CTS 178: 7 Wi-Fi Best Practices & Guidelines appeared first on Clear To Send .

This episode was recorded at the Podcast Domain for Cisco Live 2019 in San Diego. In attendance is Rowell Dionicio, François Vergès, Gurpreet Singh, and Fred Niehaus. Fred has been with Cisco since 2000. Since 1993 Fred has been doing wireless. Gurpreet works for a VAR in Canada with all aspects of warehouses. Wi-Fi 5 […] The post CTS 177: Wi-Fi 6 with Fred Niehaus appeared first on Clear To Send...

Things are evolving again at Cisco. This time with the certifications. Cisco is further driving the Intent-based networking model into certifications. There's the need to drive multi-domain policy, introduce APIs and programmability. It could change the way we do things every day. Infrastructure engineers are becoming software developers? Maybe not completely but there are those […] The post CTS 1...

In this episode, we are interviewing Hendrik Lüth on the state of Wi-Fi security today. Hendrik works as a System Engineer for CANCOM in Germany. You can follow him on Twitter @DO9XE and on Linkedin. You can also visit and read his blog at https://linux-nerds.de/. Agenda Start conversation with the “2018” status of WiFi security WPA2 […] The post CTS 175: Wi-Fi Security Updates with Hendrik Lüth a...

Welcome to this episode where we do a quick recap of how Cisco Live went this year in San Diego. This is one of the few rare moments when both hosts are in the same city. Cisco Live Recap with Rasika and Stephen Check out this short video we recorded with Rasika and Stephen getting […] The post CTS 174: Takeaways From Cisco Live appeared first on Clear To Send .

This week's episode is the eve of Cisco Live. Rowell & François will be headed to San Diego for a week of learning, recording, and networking with other likeminded individuals. In this episode, we talk about various topics of Wi-Fi. You can take a look at an example of sessions we're looking forward to at […] The post CTS 173: WiFi Medley 001 appeared first on Clear To Send .

This Week In Wireless Rowell recorded a video on Wi-Fi 6 on David Bombal’s YouTube channel Long version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZMA4p00c9g Short version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r62vs2uyQjM Huawei Huawei is temporarily pushed out of the Wi-Fi Alliance Wi-Fi Alliance is fully complying with the recent U.S. Department of Commerce order without revoking Huawei Technologies membershi...