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Written by Brett Creasy
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Tuesday, 26 August 2008 |
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Did anyone miss the fact that the title of this blog was me screaming, begging, or perhaps in a state of total despair? Everytime I fire up some form of wireless analyzer that shows what channels the nearby APs are on, and I see things like 3, 7, 9... I think my head almost explodes. Now I am not talking so much about your neighbor and his tinkering with his SOHO AP, I am talking about the configurations performed for businesses by "professionals." How can they not know, this late in the game, that channel 9 can really mess with channels 6 & 11? Devin, where you at? There are still masses of professionals that need educated! |
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Written by Devin Akin
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Monday, 18 August 2008 |
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Ha! Made you look. Wouldn't that be the coolest thing though. Is there anyone not sick of overly-complicated WLAN controller and WNMS interfaces? In fact, if Apple would make their latest AirPort Extreme in a 2-radio version that could be powered with 802.3at PoE and managed by something as simple as their AirPort Utility, small companies wouldn't need much else really. Stick in a USB2 Hub, USB2 HDD, and a USB Printer or two, Bonjour zero-config networking, and presto: instant, fast, user-friendly mobile networking. Not bad really, for a small-to-medium office. |
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Written by Devin Akin
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Monday, 11 August 2008 |
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We've just seen Belden buy Trapeze, Motorola buy AirDefense, and now HP buys Colubris. All this happened in what...2 months? Wow. If this isn't the end-all of WLAN industry consolidation, I'm not sure what is. We all know Cisco never sits idly by while this kind of thing happens (remember Juniper buying Funk software and Cisco following suit by buying Meetinghouse?), so I'm anxious to see who they scarf up next.
I'm also anxious to see if any of the other big players in the industry start getting a little worried about their long-term position. Consider the following (just my humble rambling, because I'm not privy to anything secret)... |
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