Join us as we discuss everything from access points to endpoints and the wireless experiences of everything in between. As the leader in wireless experience monitoring, 7SIGNAL delivers insight into wireless networks and control over Wi-Fi performance so businesses and organizations can thrive. Learn more about us at 7signal.com.
Episodes
Wednesday Aug 03, 2022
Wi-Fi Channel Utilization
Wednesday Aug 03, 2022
Wednesday Aug 03, 2022
Jack is back!
7SIGNAL's Jack Clifford is back with us to lead a session all about Wi-Fi channel utilization.
What we'll discuss:
- What is channel utilization?
- Common causes of high channel utilization
- Ways of mitigating high channel utilization
- Using Sapphire Eye to monitor and visualize channel utilization
Wednesday Aug 03, 2022
Wi-Fi 101: The Fundamentals
Wednesday Aug 03, 2022
Wednesday Aug 03, 2022
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.
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!
Wednesday Aug 03, 2022
Visualizing iOS Wireless Device Performance
Wednesday Aug 03, 2022
Wednesday Aug 03, 2022
Welcome back to another session of 7SIGNAL's Best Practices Podcast Series!
This time we will be led by 7SIGNAL's Chris Couch, a Senior Sales Engineer with 7SIGNAL, who joined our team in November 2021. He brings 20+ years of systems and network engineering experience.
Chris will be leading a discussion on wireless connectivity for iOS devices. We'll take a look into Wi-Fi performance analytics to determine performance issues and what can be done to optimize it.
Wednesday Aug 03, 2022
802.11 Management Frames
Wednesday Aug 03, 2022
Wednesday Aug 03, 2022
Welcome back for another session of the Best Practices Webinar Series! This time, we are joined by 7SIGNAL's Tuomas Aaltonen for this session on 802.11 management frames.
During the webinar, we will give an overview of 802.11 management frames and their role in how a Wi-Fi network functions. We will dive into some of the common management frame types and what information they provide for Wi-Fi stations.
Wednesday Aug 03, 2022
What to Expect from Wi-Fi 6E
Wednesday Aug 03, 2022
Wednesday Aug 03, 2022
The 6 GHz band has been open for business since 2020, Wi-Fi 6E AP's are available from all the major enterprise vendors, and many clients are deployed in the wild as well. So what's next?
In this episode, 7SIGNAL Chief Wireless Officer Jim Vajda will discuss…
- Introduction to Wi-Fi 6E
- The current status of Wi-Fi 6E
- Real-world use-cases for Wi-Fi 6E
- Technical differences with Wi-Fi 6 in 2.4/5 GHz
- Looking forward
Wednesday Aug 03, 2022
How to Read Waterfall Spectrum Graphs
Wednesday Aug 03, 2022
Wednesday Aug 03, 2022
What is a waterfall spectrum graph and how can we use Sapphire Eye to read them? A waterfall spectrum graph measures Wi-Fi signal to help determine its strength and help understand what types of interference exist in the space. In this session, 7SIGNAL’s Jim Vajda and Eric Camulli are diving deep into Sapphire Eye’s waterfall spectrum analyzer to show you how you can use it to understand your organization’s Wi-Fi performance.
Wednesday Aug 03, 2022
How Organizations Can Stay Safe in 2022 and Beyond: Part 2
Wednesday Aug 03, 2022
Wednesday Aug 03, 2022
In this episode, we are joined by special guest, Bryan Seely, a U.S. marine and world-famous hacker who successfully wire-tapped the U.S. Secret Service and FBI.
This session is a continuation of Bryan’s last session, which was all about safety in 2022 and beyond.
Sunday Jun 19, 2022
Top Networking Certifications for Your IT Career
Sunday Jun 19, 2022
Sunday Jun 19, 2022
In the technical field of IT, it is crucial to understand a wide range of skills and IT concepts. Networking certifications are one of the best ways to understand industry standards and expand your competency in the field.
In this podcast, Lee Badman will be discussing the top certifications to advance your knowledge base and your career.
At the end of the session, we are joined by Eric Camulli, who tells us all about 7SIGNAL's training materials and how you can become a 7CWE!
Sunday Jun 19, 2022
Understanding DFS & 6 GHz AFC
Sunday Jun 19, 2022
Sunday Jun 19, 2022
Did you know that Wi-Fi shares channels with weather radar and military users in 5 GHz? The 6 GHz band is occupied by commercial point-to-point links and even mobile TV trucks too. How do we make sure unlicensed Wi-Fi users aren’t interfering with these existing users? In 5 GHz, DFS is the protocol that Wi-Fi must use, and in 6 GHz, it’s AFC.
Watch this session and learn how each works and how they affect your Wi-Fi network.
Sunday Jun 19, 2022
Unlocking OFDMA
Sunday Jun 19, 2022
Sunday Jun 19, 2022
In this session, we are joined by 7SIGNAL's Chief Wireless Officer and CWNE #183, Jim Vajda.
This podcast is all about unlocking OFDMA. We'll discuss:
- Data rates and airtime
- OFDMA
- Scheduling decisions
- SU frame aggregation
- Wide channel bandwidth
- MU-EDCA parameters