“Game changer.” Cisco and NetBeez Aid Loudon County Schools Pivot to New Normal: Webinar Transcript – Mitch Dickey, Lead Communications Engineer at LCPS Mitch Dickey has been a NetBeez and Cisco customer for years. When his team had to support a massive shift to remote teaching they were ready. Thank you…
The Modulation Coding Scheme (MCS) index is a metric based on several parameters of a WiFi connection between two stations. Namely, for 802.11ac, it depends on the modulation type, the coding rate, the number of spatial streams, the channel width, and the guard interval. Here is what each one of…
Have you ever wondered what other highly productive network teams are doing to address the remote shift? Hint: they empower themselves to diagnose their network faster and smarter. That frees up time to build out new projects and capabilities. Read Mitch Dickey’s recent blog about NetBeez for a first hand…
We’ve talked about several testing utilities in the past such as ping, traceroute, iperf, and others. And every so often a new one pops into my radar, and I keep repeating “How come I didn’t know about this already?” In this case, the utility in question is nping. There are…
NetBeez and Cisco Help School District Pivot to New Normal: Webinar Loudoun County Public Schools: A Textbook Case of a Forward-Thinking District School districts are at the epicenter of the (hard but necessary) shift to the new normal. They have to deliver everything from engaging educational content to meals and…
Network Monitoring Techniques Whether or not you are new to network monitoring, there are three main network monitoring techniques you should know about. These three techniques are: SNMP-based monitoring Passive analysis and Active monitoring When I explain the main difference between these three techniques, I simply say that SNMP is…
Telecommute The current work-from-home reality due to COVID-19 got me thinking about the history of the remote work trend. I believe most of us remember that two decades ago this used to be called “telecommute.” The combination of a reliable and widespread Internet with the SaaS tools revolution, such as…
Help Desks are Now Discovering the Support Costs of #WFH Remote work can substantially reduce office expenses Employees can enjoy the zero-commute lifestyle. Companies can enjoy lower office costs, ranging from reduced power and AC bills to smaller leases (or even no leases), especially in high cost cities like San…
We’ve talked about Linux tools that enable you to manipulate kernel networking parameters such as TCP window size and packet loss or latency. These kinds of tools are used when trying to optimize or troubleshoot network traffic either at the application or kernel level. When it comes to measuring the…
WAN Performance Survey Spring 2020 A recent survey of 60 firms (with more than 25 offices as identified by Automata) suggests that remote users may be assuming more responsibility for reporting potential network issues than when they were working from the office. This new reality didn’t have a material impact…
