Wi-Fi Access and Security Blog - AirTight Networks

…And The Meshin’ is Easy

Dwight Agriel — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 12:20:59 +0000

As someone who has walked more than a few miles in a network administrator’s shoes, I’m all too familiar with the challenges of configuring and troubleshooting mesh environments. In my last position, as an administrator responsible for 300+ mesh nodes, I know the stress and frustration of dealing with dropped connections along with the other […]

Wireless Field Day: Are you ready for Lucky Number 7?

AirTight Team — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 00:42:17 +0000

Wireless Field Day 7 (#WFD7) is just around the corner and AirTight Networks is pumped about being in the vendor line-up. This is our third WFD and certainly won’t be our last. You won’t want to miss our session which takes place on Wednesday, August 6 from 13:30-15:30 (Pacific time). Most vendor presentations – including […]

WizShark Brings Collaboration to Troubleshooting

Davneetsingh Narang — Thu, 24 Jul 2014 16:24:14 +0000

By Davneetsingh Narang AirTight offered early beta access to WizShark, our visual WiFi troubleshooting tool in cloud, and since then it has been a fun ride for the team. It was heartening to see a number of WiFi professionals taking interest in the tool and appreciating its graphical representation of packet captures. Of course, the positive […]

WLAN Pros Europe: Hang Out With AirTight Experts

AirTight Team — Tue, 22 Jul 2014 03:18:52 +0000

WLAN Pros Conference is coming to Europe! As Keith Parsons (the conference’s chair and founder) puts it, “the Wireless LAN Professionals EU Summit consists of three days of fun, great topics, awesome gear, and wonderful networking.” And we are excited to have two of our technical gurus – Allen Walker out of the UK and Rick […]

Channel Bonding Caveats – Over and Above Spectrum Hogging

Hemant Chaskar — Mon, 14 Jul 2014 12:00:40 +0000

Popular literature on 802.11ac describes 40 MHz and 80 MHz operation (channel bonding) as doubling and quadrupling of the data rate, respectively. Every time I saw that mentioned, the following question came to my mind. When radio transmits over 40 MHz (or 80 MHz) channel, is the total transmit power proportionally increased over 20 MHz to […]

Why #EdTech Needs Wi-Fi? And How FCC Aims to Help

Ksenia Coffman — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 12:57:39 +0000

ISTE 2014, the largest US education technology conference, closed July 1 – good-bye, Atlanta! The time frame coincided with new developments around FCC’s proposal to close the E-rate’s “Wi-Fi gap”; we cover these below. As always happen with these large events, not everyone can go. But educators are a creative bunch. Rather than feeling left behind, […]

802.11ac Deeper Dive Webinar Recap

Matt Mullin — Mon, 30 Jun 2014 11:37:08 +0000

Last week, AirTight’s Senior Technical Marketing Engineer, Robert Ferruolo (@RAFerruolo), added another chapter to the AirTight 802.11ac webinar series. Robert presented on “802.11ac Deeper Dive” focusing on features that come along with the 802.11ac wireless platform. During the presentation, Robert broke down channel availability, QAM, beamforming, MIMO, MU-MIMO, frame aggregation, and error correction. To view […]

Suddenly, Everyone Attacks Monetization – Wi-Fi Offload Summit, Day 1

Ksenia Coffman — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 19:24:58 +0000

The Wi-Fi Offload Summit is taking place in Palo Alto through today, June 19. Lots of interesting perspectives on what Wi-Fi offload is, Wi-Fi monetization and how to go about it, along with privacy discussions and the future of mobile network operators. The number of solutions (and vendors) in the Wi-Fi monetization space seem to […]

802.11ac Webinar Series Launched

Matt Mullin — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 11:34:13 +0000

Last week AirTight launched its 802.11ac webinar series. Throughout this six-part series, we will be touching on various aspects of the 802.11ac wireless platform. The first session touched on the Essentials of 802.11ac. Upcoming Webinars: 802.11ac Deep Dive & Beyond We will be continuing the series next week with “802.11ac Deeper Dive.” Stay tuned for […]

Wi-Fi Offload Summit: Who Will Monetize Your Brand?

Ksenia Coffman — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 12:09:23 +0000

With the theme of “Monetize Thyself!” AirTight speakers will tackle issues of real-time business intelligence, user engagement and creating value from Wi-Fi investments. Update: Please see our recap of Day 1: Suddenly, Everyone Attacks Wi-Fi Monetization. In today’s environment even the non-traditional telecom companies are jumping into the big data and monetization fray, as […]