Part of the Ekahau Certified Survey Engineer (ECSE) course involved just playing around with the application and testing different AP characteristics. The basic map was a football field for ease of measurement and examining antenna patterns. Some people played around with creating walls and making designs, so I thought I’d give it a shot. Enjoy! […]
Read MoreNote: This was prepared as part of the Ekahau Certified Survey Engineer (ECSE) training class, in effort to explain wireless channel access in ordinary language. Not sure if I succeeded, but hey I tried. Have you ever used a walkie-talkie? You know, the little handheld radios where you push the button to talk and release […]
Read MoreWhile preparing for a presentation on wireless basics recently, I came across a couple interesting ways of describing channels in a practical way. Wireless channels are distinct ranges of frequencies that operate in a target frequency band. In the unlicensed 2.4 GHz band, there are 14 separate channels to choose from, but typically we know […]
Read MoreWireless can be something many organizations just set and forget. Indeed, sometimes it is hard to bridge the divide between what works at home and what is needed in a business. Even if a proper sized system is installed, mistakes can happen. For better or worse, wireless protocols have been developed with backward compatibility in […]
Read MoreThis article will be about my path to CWNA, and hopefully a stepping stone for what lies beyond. However, I also include some study tips that worked for me along the way. If you are working toward CWNA, please let me know if you find this helpful! Beginning About a year ago, I set out […]
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