CTS 036: How To Get Started In Wireless

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CTS 036: How To Get Started In Wireless

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May 2, 2016

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Following up with Wes Purvis’ talk from MFD1 on getting started in wireless, I wanted to do my own on the same topic. In this podcast, I will go over my own experiences in a high level step by step on how I got started in wireless. I didn’t take a direct path to wireless […]
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CTS 045: Wrap Up of Cisco Live 2016: Wow what a conference. Cisco Live 2016 met my expectations and more. With over 28,000 attendees we filled Las Vegas throughout the strip. At the Cisco Live, we collectively used about 40 TB of traffic! Impressive numbers. by Clear To Send: Wireless Network Engineering
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CTS 056: Legacy Wi-Fi Security: Pre-RSNA (Robust Security Network Association) is the main topic for this episode. Francois and I talk about why you shouldn’t be using these legacy security methods and in future episodes we talk about the Wi-Fi security mechanisms you should be using... by Clear To Send: Wireless Network Engineering
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CTS 039: When and How To Use Spectrum Analysis: Thank you for joining us on another great episode. The topic of episode 39 is when and how to use spectrum analysis. Spectrum analysis is a crucial part of wireless site surveys and for troubleshooting. When performing spectrum analysis as part of a wi... by Clear To Send: Wireless Network Engineering
24 min listen
CTS 034: What’s In A Beacon?: The beacon frame is used by access points, and stations in an IBSS, to communicate their characteristics for connection. A beacon frame is sent periodically, called the target beacon transmission time (TBTT). Default time is 102, by Clear To Send: Wireless Network Engineering
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CTS 037: CWNE Journey With Francois Verges: I have the pleasure of having Francois Verges co-hosting with me as he discusses his journey to CWNE. It was recently announced on Twitter, Francois became CWNE #180. Francois first started his journey to becoming CWNE about 3 years ago. by Clear To Send: Wireless Network Engineering
37 min listen
CTS 033: Community: Have you thought about joining the wireless community but aren’t sure how to get started? You want to help educate others but can’t decide on a platform to use. Giving back to the wireless community is one of the reasons why we have a great group of pe... by Clear To Send: Wireless Network Engineering
32 min listen
CTS 042: Interframe Spaces: Interframe spaces play an important role in 802.11 medium contention. They are used as additional medium contention protocols in addition to CCA and NAV. An interframe space, or IFS, is a quiet period access points and stations must wait before transmi... by Clear To Send: Wireless Network Engineering
21 min listen
CTS 041: 802.11 Medium Contention: Wireless is a half-duplex medium. Unlike Ethernet, wireless devices must contend for air time to transmit their frames. To avoid collisions, there are a number of mechanisms used: Physical Carrier Sense Virtual Carrier Sense a Coordination Function In ... by Clear To Send: Wireless Network Engineering
14 min listen
CTS 043: Don’t Skip On Planning: This past week I’ve been busy with my colleagues setting up WiFi for a large event on campus. What I learned out of this was planning should always be a requirement. Would you start building a house without any plans? by Clear To Send: Wireless Network Engineering
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CTS 036: How To Get Started In Wireless: Following up with Wes Purvis’ talk from MFD1 on getting started in wireless, I wanted to do my own on the same topic. In this podcast, I will go over my own experiences in a high level step by step on how I got started in wireless. by Clear To Send: Wireless Network Engineering
28 min listen
CTS 047: Troubleshooting Wi-Fi with Wireshark: Getting started with Wireshark to troubleshoot Wi-Fi, Airbnb Wi-Fi unsafe to use, Keith Parsons shares what's in his Wi-Fi toolkit, and what do you do if someone is spoofing your SSID? by Clear To Send: Wireless Network Engineering
24 min listen
CTS 069: Jussi Kiviniemi of Ekahau: Jussi Kiviniemi, Senior Vice President of Ekahau, joins the show as our special guest as we record together in Santa Clara. Jussi goes over the conferences he attended and the upcoming updates to Ekahau Site Survey. by Clear To Send: Wireless Network Engineering
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CTS 048: Cisco Mobility Express: Cisco Mobility Express is a small to medium sized Wi-Fi solution which can be deployed in just under 20 minutes. In this episode, I talk about my what Cisco Mobility Express entails and how I configured a couple of Cisco 1800 series access points. by Clear To Send: Wireless Network Engineering
28 min listen
CTS 052: How To Validate Wi-Fi Infrastructure: In this episode, I talk with Francois Verges of Semfio Networks about how to validate the Wi-Fi infrastructure. Validating a Wi-Fi network involves many steps. This is not isolated to a new deployment but also to an existing Wi-Fi network. by Clear To Send: Wireless Network Engineering
50 min listen
CTS 055: My Thoughts On The CWDP Exam: Thoughts on CWNP’s Certified Wireless Design Professional (CWDP-302). The CWDP validates your knowledge of designing wireless networks where you need a pretty good understanding of spectrum, protocols used, security implementation, by Clear To Send: Wireless Network Engineering
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CTS 040: Work/Life Balance: Part of having a healthy and rewarding career involves taking a break every once in a while. In this episode, Francois and I talk about work/life balance. We provide our insight and tips for achieving a work/life balance that works for us and hopefully... by Clear To Send: Wireless Network Engineering
39 min listen
CTS 035: Mobility Field Day 1 – It’s A Wrap: Mobility Field Day 1 brought together different minds in the wireless industry in one room and one presentation. We saw presentations from different vendors and other wireless leaders. Actually, not even all of them were really wireless but had their t... by Clear To Send: Wireless Network Engineering
34 min listen
CTS 046: CWAP-402 Study Guide Released: Hey what’s up everyone. In today’s episode we talk about TP-Link discovering what it’s like to ignore DFS, Google Fiber going Wireless?, Data frame slicing with Airtool, and CWAP exam gets updated and so does the study guide. by Clear To Send: Wireless Network Engineering
22 min listen
CTS 032: Cisco Updates CCNP Wireless: CCNP Wireless Certification Update In March 2016, Cisco announced new updates to the CCNP Wireless exam. After looking through the objectives, I came to the conclusion that the new CCNP Wireless looks appealing. by Clear To Send: Wireless Network Engineering
29 min listen
CTS 057: Hallway Design: In this episode I want to talk about Hallway Design or lack of it. This was inspired by a #WIFIQ that Lee Badman threw out there. I’ll tell you now, I don’t like hallway design. What is Hallway Design? In a #WIFIQ thread, Jake Snyder said, by Clear To Send: Wireless Network Engineering
14 min listen
CTS 050: Introduction To DAS with Josh Gerst: Josh Gerst and I talk about an introduction to DAS, distributed antenna systems. Welcome back Josh Gerst, Vice President of Engineering at RF Connect. He originally came on the show back in episode 27 and he’s back to talk more about DAS. by Clear To Send: Wireless Network Engineering
45 min listen
CTS 049: The Language on Cisco APs – NDP: If Cisco APs could talk to each other they would use NDP, Neighbor Discovery Protocol. NDP is important to Cisco RRM. It feeds a lot of the algorithms within RRM. The purpose of Cisco NDP is to allow APs to build a “map” of their locations in relation ... by Clear To Send: Wireless Network Engineering
27 min listen
CTS 044: Cisco Live 2016: Cisco Live 2016 is here and I am attending for the first time. I am excited to meet many of the listeners of the Clear To Send podcast and to also get together with the folks I chat with all the time on social media. by Clear To Send: Wireless Network Engineering
23 min listen
CTS 038: Robert Boardman, Hub Holster, Cisco Live, and RRM: Robert Boardman is my special co-host for Episode 38. Robert is the creator of Hub Holster which is a great alternative to using velcro on your laptop to hold up a USB hub during a wireless site survey. I assisted in providing measurements for my own U... by Clear To Send: Wireless Network Engineering
47 min listen
CTS 059: Become A Better Wi-Fi Engineer in 2017: A list of Wi-Fi resources to get started in Wi-Fi in the new year. by Clear To Send: Wireless Network Engineering
27 min listen
CTS 053: 3 Simple Tips for Passing the CWAP Exam: These 3 simple tips for passing the CWAP exam may seem easier said than done. Listen to the podcast to hear more details about each tip and how I used them to pass the CWAP exam. In September 2016 I sat and passed CWNP’s CWAP-402 exam. by Clear To Send: Wireless Network Engineering
19 min listen
CTS 100: Retrospective – Episode 100!: A look back at the podcast all the way to the beginning! Be sure to check out the giveaway at the bottom of this post! This episode is sponsored by Metageek We Made It To Episode 100! I never thought I’d make it to episode 100 of this podcast. by Clear To Send: Wireless Network Engineering
40 min listen
CTS 063: Wi-Fi Security – Securing Access: François Vergès discusses Wi-Fi security and securing the access to the Wi-Fi network. On episode 56, we have talked about the legacy Wi-Fi security mechanisms and we explained why they are not considered safe and secure anymore and why we should not b... by Clear To Send: Wireless Network Engineering
33 min listen
CTS 083: Wi-Fi Apps for Android: Check out some of the Wi-Fi apps I’ve listed for Android. This is the last episode in a series of Wi-Fi apps for different platforms. This episode is sponsored by Metageek Android Wi-Fi Apps Ekahau Site Survey Mobile Use this app with your Ekahau Site ... by Clear To Send: Wireless Network Engineering
27 min listen
CTS 054: 4 Scary Things Lurking in Your Wi-Fi: In the spirit of Halloween I wanted to go into a theme of scare and fright. While these may not make the hair on your neck stand, I don’t know maybe they do, these issues can lead to managing a scary wireless network. by Clear To Send: Wireless Network Engineering
15 min listen

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CTS 333: Understanding Wi-Fi Channels and Frequencies: In episode 333 of the CTS podcast, your hosts François Vergès and Rowell Dionicio delve deep into understanding Wi-Fi channels and frequencies. During the podcast, they discuss the intricacies of Wi-Fi channel operations and the science behind the freq... by Clear To Send: Wireless Network Engineering
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CTS 332: Intro to Wi-Fi Standards and Technologies: We’re headed back to the basics with a series of episodes focused on Wi-Fi fundamentals. How do devices and access points communicate with each other? How does it work in varying environments? A standards body defines how different vendors and manufact... by Clear To Send: Wireless Network Engineering
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CTS 331: 10 Things We Learned From WLPC Phoenix: Coming back from WLPC we feel highly motivated. But we also took the time to reflect on the conference, the content, and the people we connected with. In this episode, we talk about the lessons we’ve learned from WLPC Phoenix. Those lessons are: by Clear To Send: Wireless Network Engineering
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CTS 330: HPE And Juniper Networks Unite!: In a big surprise to us, HPE has announced they will be acquiring Juniper Networks. We’ve been working with Mist Systems since Juniper Networks acquired them. We’re hoping the acquisition doesn’t impact Mist negatively but we can see why HPE wanted the... by Clear To Send: Wireless Network Engineering
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CTS 329: Network Access Control in the Cloud (Sponsored): Network Access Control (NAC) has always been a challenging technology to implement. It usually meant utilizing someone with an expert level certification to come in and deploy it on your network. I remember when I was a systems administrator and watche... by Clear To Send: Wireless Network Engineering
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CTS 328: Simple 3D Designs and Validation with Hamina (Sponsored): Rowell and Jussi discussed the use of 3D modeling for Wi-Fi design and validation using Hamina. Jussi demonstrated the tool they use, showing how it can predict signal behavior in a warehouse environment. They also discussed the importance of 3D modeli... by Clear To Send: Wireless Network Engineering
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CTS 327: The Evolution of AP Form Factor: In this episode, we discuss the evolution of the Wi-Fi access point form factor. You may have noticed that the size of Wi-Fi access points is increasing. Why is this happening? We provide some answers in this episode. by Clear To Send: Wireless Network Engineering
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CTS 326: Greatness from WLPC Prague: In WLPC Prague 2023, there were a lot of great presentations. It’s a must-attend Wi-Fi conference where you can connect with smart Wi-Fi people. You’re guaranteed to leave feeling inspired and you’ll have ideas of what you will want to do next with you... by Clear To Send: Wireless Network Engineering
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CTS 325: Transitioning to OWE and WPA3 in Higher-Ed: Rowell and François discussed their experiences with deploying OWE and WPA3 on a higher education Wi-Fi network. Rowell noted that the adoption has been slow due to device compatibility issues, particularly in higher education where many devices are pe... by Clear To Send: Wireless Network Engineering
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CTS 324: Interview with Greg Ennis author of Beyond Everywhere – How Wi-Fi Became the World’s Most Beloved Technology: In this episode, we are having the pleasure to welcome Greg Ennis on the show. Greg is the author of the book called Beyond Everywhere, How Wi-Fi Became the World’s Most Beloved Technology. Greg is one of the founders of the Wi-Fi protocol. by Clear To Send: Wireless Network Engineering
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CTS 323: What Arista Guardian for Network Identity brings to wired and wireless networks: This episode is sponsored by Arista. In this episode, we are welcoming Sriram Venkiteswaran, Director Product Management at Arista. The focus of this episode is to talk about Arista’s NAC solution called AGNI (Arista Guardian For Network Identity). by Clear To Send: Wireless Network Engineering
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CTS 322: Wi-Fi Alliance Services: We had the pleasure of having Kevin Robinson, President and CEO of Wi-Fi Alliance Services, on the show with us. He introduced the new Wi-Fi Alliance subsidiary called Wi-Fi Alliance Services and discussed the AFC services they offer. by Clear To Send: Wireless Network Engineering
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CTS 321: Network Automation Forum with Chris Grundemann: Shownotes Chris Grundemann joins the show to talk about what the goal is of Network Automation Forum. It’s an event to discuss everything about automation, orchestration, and observability. The Network Automation Forum will bring together people to fur... by Clear To Send: Wireless Network Engineering
40 min listen
CTS 320: WPA3-Enterprise Part 2: Wi-Fi Alliance defines three modes of operations for WPA3-Enterprise: This Episode is sponsored by WiFi Scanner Download your trial today at WiFiScanner.com Specifications WPA3-Enterprise Only Here are the important specifications: WPA3-Enterprise Tran... by Clear To Send: Wireless Network Engineering
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CTS 319: Multi-Function Radio with Arista Networks (Sponsored): This episode is sponsored by Arista Networks We’re taking a dive into how a multi-function radio can help network engineers with many tasks. A multi-function radio is an additional radio not used for client access. It’s mostly used in listening mode. by Clear To Send: Wireless Network Engineering
78 min listen
CTS 318: WPA3-Personal Part 1: In this episode, we’re diving into WPA3-Personal and understanding what is different between previous Wi-Fi security, such as WPA2. WPA3 has been around since 2018 but we’re barely implementing it in our networks because of 6 GHz. by Clear To Send: Wireless Network Engineering
42 min listen
CTS 317: Wireless Playoffs: Kelly Burroughs, our special guest from iBwave, joins the podcast to discuss the shifting landscape in Enterprise from a ‘one and done single technology’ solution view to an agile ‘one and what’s the next technology’ roadmap view that includes Wi-Fi, by Clear To Send: Wireless Network Engineering
41 min listen
CTS 316: How OWE Works: Opportunistic Wireless Encryption (OWE) is a way to secure open Wi-Fi networks. Encryption keys are created between a device and an access point (AP). In Wi-Fi 6E, you can no longer create open Wi-Fi networks. by Clear To Send: Wireless Network Engineering
47 min listen
CTS 315: 5 Wi-Fi Books You Need to Read: Description ? Talk about the books you should read if you want to get serious with Wi-Fi Books If you want to become a better Wi-Fi engineer, then look no further to these 5 Wi-Fi books. We recommend having these books on your shelf and using them as r... by Clear To Send: Wireless Network Engineering
22 min listen
CTS 314: Is ChatGPT useful to a Wi-Fi Engineer: Description ? Talk about the ChatGPT trend and discuss if it is useful to us as Wi-Fi Engineer Talking Points Introduction Main Topic Useful Chrome Extensions: by Clear To Send: Wireless Network Engineering
35 min listen
CTS 313: Feeling Inspired After WLPC: Informing others on WLPC WLPC is the Wi-Fi conference to attend. Clear To Send attended the conference in Phoenix in February 2023. It happened to be right before the SuperBowl. This episode is sponsored by Optifi It’s a great feeling to attend WLPC an... by Clear To Send: Wireless Network Engineering
42 min listen
CTS 312: Outsourcing Survey Work: Finding the right resource for survey work can be challenging due to the amount of Wi-Fi experts available. In this episode, we talk about why you would want to outsource the work and who you should outsource to. by Clear To Send: Wireless Network Engineering
29 min listen
CTS 311: 5 Reasons To Get Your CWNA: The CWNA is our most recommended certification and first path to becoming a Wi-Fi specialist or expert. You’ll gain an immense amount of Wi-Fi fundamentals that will lead you to become the go-to Wi-Fi person in your organization. by Clear To Send: Wireless Network Engineering
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CTS 310: Ultra Wide Band In the Field: channel plans for UWB channels Resources Ivo Štastný LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivostastny/ https://www.sewio.net/ by Clear To Send: Wireless Network Engineering
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CTS 309: Wireless with Ekahau (Sponsored): Ekahau AI Pro brings many features and benefits for any Wi-Fi engineer. That’s why we’re being joined by Matt Sterling and Mac Deryng of Ekahau to educate us on what these features are. First off, Sidekick 2 is updated to support 6 GHz with packet capt... by Clear To Send: Wireless Network Engineering
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CTS 307: How Wi-Fi Tools Are Made – Building Hamina (Sponsored): Our special guests are Jussi Kiviniemi and Joel Crane of Hamina. I’m a previous episode, cleartosend.net/286, Jussi gave us a rundown of Hamina before it was a beta product. In this episode, Hamina is a full product now, by Clear To Send: Wireless Network Engineering
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CTS 306: Multiple-BSSID: Shownotes Multiple BSSID sets out to aggregate individual beacon frames from an access point to a single beacon frame. It helps solve the issue of beacon overhead. As it is today, each SSID broadcasts a beacon. The more SSIDs you’re broadcasting, by Clear To Send: Wireless Network Engineering
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CTS 036: How To Get Started In Wireless

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