The Digital Experience Podcast

Don’t recommend a router for remote workers (until you listen to this)

With the massive shift to remote work, many employees are still relying on home equipment that’s not up to the task, including antiquated routers supplied by cable companies. It’s more important than ever to make sure you or your employees’ devices can keep with the productivity and performance demanded by modern work applications.

Key takeaways:

• Understanding home router features
• Packaging spin vs reality
• Router speed vs ISP speed
• What is a mesh system
• How to monitor your digital workforce
• QOS for remote networks

Wi-Fi 101: Getting to the root causes of Wi Fi issues

Everything you wanted to know about WLAN but were too afraid to ask. 

Organizations spend millions of dollars on their wireless networks, but very few understand how they really work. With Wi-Fi 6/6e and network refreshes starting to become more popular, it's now to time your entire team understands how WLAN really works and why it should be monitored and secured. This extends to the home networks of your ever-growing remote worker population as well. Watch 7SIGNAL's VP of Customer Success, Eric Camulli and we'll put you in the know.  

Topics you'll learn about:

• How Wi-Fi works
• Root cause of Wi-Fi issues
• Licensed & unlicensed bands
• Channel planning
• Types of interference
• And more!

Understanding IEEE 802.11bh – Randomized and Changing MAC Addresses (RCM)

Join 7SIGNAL as we discuss IEEE 802.11bh and the importance of randomized and changing MAC addresses (RCM). David Halasz, CWNA and former 802.11i and 802.11ah Task Group Chair, will lead this week's discussion. You'll leave understanding the current and future state of RCM and why it should be part of your Wi-Fi network.

In this episode, we’ll discuss:

• The MAC address and how it is used in Wi-Fi networks
• Reasons you need random value for the MAC address
• Why IEEE 802.11bh is doing further work on MAC address randomization
• And more!

When mediocre Wi-Fi isn't enough in high density areas

In high user density Wi-Fi environments, a multitude of issues can arise to negatively impact the digital experience of your users. Join us for this week's episode, where we'll uncover the common problems that can arise from these environments and how you can outline proactive strategies to prevent them.

In this episode, we’ll discuss:

• How problems are presented to the end users and Wi-Fi administrators
• Common problems in high density environments
• Effective strategies to prevent these issues
• Real use cases
• And more!

The Rumors of 2 4 GHz Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated

Join special guest Lee Badman, CWNE #200, as we discuss the future of 2.4 GHz. The 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi space gets a bad rap at times. The more vocal critics have even gone so far as to declare it “dead”, but there’s a lot to talk about when it comes to Wi-Fi’s oldest and busiest spectrum. This episode will impact your future buying decisions. Don't miss it!

In this episode, we’ll discuss:

• Why does 2.4 GHz get dragged through the mud by WLAN professionals?
• What is the real story behind how this space is used in Wi-Fi today?
• Why this spectrum isn’t going away, and why we shouldn’t want it to.
• And more!

MCS, MOS and The Digital Experience

Join 7SIGNAL as we take a deep dive into MCS, MOS and Digital Experience. During this episode, you'll gain a better understanding of these KPI's and how they are used to monitor the end-to-end digital experience of your end users. Jim Vajda, 7SIGNAL's Chief Wireless Officer and CWNE #183, will provide the information you need to elevate your strategic value to your organization.

In this episode, we'll discuss:

• 7SIGNAL Strategic Vision for Mobile Eye
• Digital Experience Monitoring
• What is MCS and why is it important?
• MCS for Windows
• What is MOS and why is it important?
• And more!

Ask Keith Parsons, CWNE #3

Keith Parsons, CWNE #3 and Founder of WLAN Professionals, held a special live Q&A session with host Jim Vajda, CWNE #183 and 7SIGNAL Chief Wireless Officer. Listen for advice on planning, designing, deploying, commissioning, optimizing and monitoring your enterprise WLAN.

 

In this episode:

• WLAN strategy
• Wi-Fi 6/6e
• Industry trends
• Tips & tricks
• How to's
• Industry resources
• And more!

How to Read and Interpret Waterfall Wi-Fi Spectrum Graphs

Join 7SIGNAL's VP of Customer Success, Eric Camulli, as we discuss how to read and intemperate a Wi-Fi spectrum analysis and why it's important. In this episode, you'll learn how to identify different forms of interference by examining the signatures of radio waves in the 2.4 and 5 GHz spectrums. A spectrum analysis is a layer 1 technology for identifying presence, type, level and location of RF interference.

On this episode, we'll discuss:

• 7SIGNAL vs. your AP vendor
• Proactive approaches to Wi-Fi monitoring
• End user traffic packets
• TCP & UDP protocols
• When to use a spectrum analysis
• And more!

Wide Wi-Fi Channels, High Modulation Rates – What it takes to go fast!

Join 7SIGNAL's Mike Graham as we discuss what it takes to make Wi-Fi fast! From signal strength and SNR requirements for the high data rates to wide channels and high modulation rates. We'll even talk Wi-Fi 6E/6 GHz and the future of high speed Wi-Fi, and discuss how super-high bandwidth applications (like VR Headsets) can impact the network.

On this episode, we'll discuss:

• Layers 1 & 2 of the OSI Model layer
• Signal strength & SNR
• Wide channels
• Receiver sensitivity
• And more!

IEEE 802 11az Next Generation Positioning

This week, we take a deep dive into IEEE 802.11az and what is to come for the next generation Wi-Fi location. 

In this session, we will cover:

• Current Wi-Fi location methods
• Use cases for next generation Wi-Fi location
• Some of the technology involved
• And more!