CTS 216: TWIW – Cisco Exams Online, New Channel Chart, No-Twitter Chuck on Twitter




Clear To Send: Wireless Network Engineering show

Summary: <br> It’s another week in quarantine but that’s not stopping the wireless news. In this episode, we recorded a video for the YouTube channel to provide another form of medium if video is your thing. <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Cisco taking some of their exams online<br> <br> <br> <br> In a new turn of events, Cisco has made nearly all their certification exams online. With the quarantine and work-from-home in effect, the certification studying can continue. Susie Wee <a href="https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/s/blogs/a0D3i000003DXKoEAO/get-cisco-certified-and-cisco-devnet-certified-today-with-new-online-testing" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">announces </a>the news in a blog with a link to a Cisco page containing all the details.<br> <br> <br> <br> New Channel Chart by Keith Parsons<br> <br> <br> <br> 6 GHz is nearly here. The vote is set to happen in a few days. Keith R. Parsons created a graphic which displays the possible channels Wi-Fi can use. Just look at that large 1200 MHz worth of frequency and the number of channels available. <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> I thought it appropriate to see a visual image of how much more spectrum 6GHz will bring to Wi-Fi.2.4 GHz3 – 20MHz Channels5 GHz25 – 20 MHz Channels6GHz59 – 20 MHz ChannelsThe new ‘norm’ for Enterprise deployments will be 80 MHz channels!One more week till FCC vote! <a href="https://t.co/2cIS2f1p4n">pic.twitter.com/2cIS2f1p4n</a>— Keith R. Parsons (@KeithRParsons) <a href="https://twitter.com/KeithRParsons/status/1250548596534988800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2020</a><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> New iPhone SE<br> <br> <br> <br> Apple quietly releases a <a href="https://www.apple.com/iphone-se/specs/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">new iPhone</a> with Wi-Fi 6 and CBRS capabilities. We will continue to see the adoption of these new technologies rise as people upgrade their mobile devices every year. And this is at a good price point of $399.<br> <br> <br> <br> Got more information on the AirMagnet come back:<br> <br> <br> <br> Have you heard? There’s something new coming to AirMagnet. We sure hope it includes Link-Live functionality and the use of their handheld tools with the survey software. They are <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/netally_airmapper-airmagnet-wifi-activity-6655813619554533376-3CmG" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">hosting a webinar</a> this week. <br> <br> <br> <br> Did we mention 6GHz?<br> <br> <br> <br> There’s plenty of <a href="https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-363451A1.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">documents </a>on the FCC website if you dare to take a look. <br> <br> <br> <br> Tx power in Ekahau <br> <br> <br> <br> Cisco added back the Aironet IE information when analyzing Wi-Fi networks. You can see it visibly in Ekahau, as Sam Clements points out.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Have you seen the radio TX power in <a href="https://twitter.com/ekahau?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ekahau</a>? <a href="https://twitter.com/Cisco_Mobility?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Cisco_Mobility</a> brought this back to new APs in 8.10MR2 and 17.2 – let's thank them for this fantastic insight! <a href="https://t.co/7GsrlnhHQ2">pic.twitter.com/7GsrlnhHQ2</a>— Sam Clements (@samuel_clements) <a href="https://twitter.com/samuel_clements/status/1251211796846915589?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 17, 2020</a><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Complexities of Wi-Fi in Higher Education <br> <br> <br> <br> Rowell Dionicio participated in an Ekahau webinar to discuss the <a href="https://wifi.ekahau.com/complexities-of-wifi-in-higher-education-0" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">complexities of Wi-Fi in Higher Educatio</a>n. It was an insightful and fun discussion with an engaging audience. <br>