A whitepaper on the topic of state of the Wi-Fi industry
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look forwardst to the read~!
Bad science of writing …..
The author of CWNA book David Coleman works for Aerohive networks, Bryan Harkins, author of CWSP book works for Aerohive Networks, bothe of the in a training department. Two other trainers, Metka Dragos and Gregor Vucajnk, at Aerohive are also CWNE certified. I think that this makes ONE MORE vendor that is not only recognize the importance of CWNP, but lives by it.
Thanks!
Indeed, I met Devin Akin when he was wearing an Aerohive Hat. The involvement of some of the “greater minds” of Wi-Fi gave Aerohive an instant “pedigree” at the time. As per Jake’s comemnt above, the question is, is the Channel adequately delivering on that? (In Aerohive’s case, I’ve no idea personally)
Totally agree–WLAN industry needs more CWNP-certified engineers. Looking forward to reading your thoughts on the matter.
Nice commentary Jon,
You definitely describe the potential pitfalls of a vendor-centric paradigm. Caveat emptor.
You also throw down the challenge to the prevailing vendor-neutral certification process to quantify the methodology of wireless design. How are surveys conducted, how many APs are used, active iPerf surveys vs. passive RSSI/SNR surveys, etc. There’s certainly more potential here to develop a design curriculum.
The design tools are themselves created by vendors, though naturally tied more closely to physical layer truth, they’re still subject to subjective assumptions and proprietary execution. Should survey software be certified to assure application/device requirements are met?
Good point regarding certification for tools Bruce:- ensuring that required level of accuracy are reached and that bugs don’t creep in which critically affect results.