Kahuna-Fi Takes A First Look At Airvine's WaveTunnel Indoor Wireless Backhaul Solution
Kahuna-Fi recently had an opportunity to test a pre-production version of Airvine's new WaveTunnel indoor backhaul solution. Airvine has...
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Wendy
- Apr 26
- 4 min
Taming Business Disruption in the Face of Network Equipment Shortages
Time to upgrade the WLAN and can't find access points? Here are 3 ways to overcome network equipment shortages and have great Wi-Fi.
Mike Wade
- Apr 5
- 5 min
Three takeaways from "The World's First Self-Locating Network" announcement at Aruba Atmosphere '22
This year, I was part of the Tech Field Day Experience at Aruba Atmosphere ’22. After two years of entirely online events, Aruba decided...
Wendy
- Nov 12, 2021
- 2 min
Frustrated your team not hitting stellar KPIs? It could be your Wi-Fi (seriously!)
Diminished morale, reduced productivity and dipping revenues are all actually hallmark symptoms of a poorly designed Wi-Fi network. That...
Mike Wade
- Aug 23, 2021
- 6 min
24 GHz, why can't we all just get along?
A discussion of available spectrum and compatibility of differing radio manufacturers in the unlicensed 24 GHz band.
Mike Wade
- Jul 29, 2021
- 2 min
NetAlly's LANBERT exposes the gap between cable certification and reality
Historically a cable certification PASS meant that an Ethernet cable would perform all certified tests at the tested speed. In other...
Mike Wade
- Jul 29, 2021
- 1 min
Ventev's New VenVolt 2 Site Survey Battery Pack
I have been using Ventev (TerraWave) for years. They have been my go-to for external antennas, NEMA enclosures, and AP mounting...
Mike Wade
- Jan 15, 2021
- 4 min
CWNE Essay #1
Keeping the Robots Happy A wireless equipment manufacturer brought me into a project after the VAR that initially won the bid failed to...
Mike Wade
- Jan 15, 2021
- 4 min
CWNE Essay #2
Too Much of a Good Thing I was brought into a site by an AP manufacturer to help with an issue their customer was having. The customer...
Mike Wade
- Jan 15, 2021
- 4 min
CWNE Essay #3
Off Duty Wi-Fi While employed at my first wireless VAR, I was part of a project to provide Military and Federal Law Enforcement members...
Mike Wade
- Dec 20, 2020
- 1 min
Wi-Fi Channelization
Wi-Fi channels, what are they, how are they used, why does it matter? In this video we answer these questions.
Mike Wade
- Dec 15, 2020
- 1 min
What is RF?
In this video we demonstrate what RF is in the grand scheme of things. We introduce an excellent visualization of the electromagnetic...
Mike Wade
- Dec 9, 2020
- 2 min
All Ruckus Unleashed AP's Lose Heartbeat Simultaneously
Issue: AP (name@MAC) joins with uptime (xxxx) s and last disconnected reason (Heartbeat Loss) ALL Unleashed AP's lose heartbeat within...
Mike Wade
- Dec 8, 2020
- 5 min
Wireless Mesh
I get a lot of questions asking if someone should use range extenders, repeaters, or mesh to add coverage to an area that is not being...
Mike Wade
- Oct 5, 2020
- 5 min
Ruckus / Commscope ICX Switch - Enable, Upgrade, & Connect to SmartZone / Cloud / Unleashed
This blog will describe the steps required to configure a Ruckus / Commscope ICX switch to: Enable web server and login credentials...
Mike Wade
- Sep 18, 2020
- 2 min
Stacking ICX Switches
Stacking an ICX switch should be as easy as connecting SFP+ stacking cables to the appropriate port and running > stack enable. But when...
Mike Wade
- Sep 15, 2020
- 4 min
DFS, TPC, & TDWR
DFS In many countries, regulatory requirements may limit the number of 5 GHz channels available or place additional restrictions on their...
Mike Wade
- Jun 30, 2020
- 4 min
To Teach is To Learn
If you want to learn something, read about it. If you want to understand something, write about it. If you want to master something,...
Wendy
- Jun 27, 2020
- 4 min
Should You Gamble with a Free Predictive Wi-Fi Network Design?
My mom’s happy place was Reno, to say she loved to gamble would be an understatement. Slots were her favorite. My parents went to Reno...
Wendy
- Jun 9, 2020
- 3 min
The Key Step to Building the Best Wi-Fi Network
"Another day of cleaning up after other people's s#*tty work, Wendy." That's how my dad would sometimes describe his job. He was in...