Wireless Networking Blog

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Why low cost wireless bridges can be false economy

I advise clients daily about wireless bridge links and the question that comes up most of all is "why should I buy product x instead of product y when x is a lot cheaper but the same throughput?"
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Signal loss in RF cable - what is the numbers?

When using Coax cable, the signal loss of the cable, and also the cable connectors needs to be taken into consideration, how long can I run a Coax cable from an access point to an antenna before I loss signal strength.
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RF Interference from external sources

We often are contacted by people that have issues with poorly performing networks, asking us the reasons why and if we can assist.
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Leased Lines Vs Fibre? How much is your fibre costing you?

We are seeing a huge increase in the enquiries coming from organisations that either have fibre in place already or are looking to deploy fibre in new buildings/locations and are looking at wireless as an alternative. So here are a few things to consider.
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LiFi - UP VLC - Ultra Parallel Visible Light Communications

First announced on popular science and technology showcase platform TED by Edinburgh University professor Harald Haas back in the summer of 2011, Li-Fi has evolved enormously with many research teams around the world bringing the technology to commercial viability.
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Dee Bee What - Know the difference

dBm… dBi… dBd… dB… don't you just hate it when people use the incorrect terminology when talking about Wireless? In this blog I am going to give you a quick rundown of what each one means and when it should be used.
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No batteries required - I have the Wi-Fi Power!

It sounds like something out of science fiction, but the reality of wireless power maybe getting closer that you think, the concept of devices that can "capture" power from a wireless signal have been challenging the brain of the best engineers for years.
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Gigabit Full Duplex Wireless Bridges

Simply put, a wireless bridge is a way to link two physical locations together without the use of a physical connection like Ethernet cables or fibre.
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I Just Cant Do It Captain – I Do not Have The Power

This is exactly what Scotty would say if you asked him to run the latest 802.11ac Wireless Access Points on the 802.3af infrastructure that most schools and business currently have.