AccessAgility is a technology company that offers mainly services and tools around WiFi technologies. One of their offerings is WiFi Scanner. It is a WiFi discovery and scanning tool for IT professionals for detailed information about surrounding WiFi networks. It’s supported on Windows and MacOS and provides information such as…
WiFi6 or 802.11ax is well into its widespread adoption in enterprise and consumer products. At the same time the work for WiFi7 or 802.11be has already started. The IEEE 802.11 working group has the first meeting scheduled in May 2021 and a projected finalized amendment for May 2024. WiFi6’s focus…
I am excited to announce that NetBeez released WiFi monitoring endpoints for Windows and macOS systems as part of the latest software update 7.0. In the same release we also included jitter and Mean Opinion Score (MOS) estimates for ping tests. This new version of NetBeez offers many benefits to…
University of Rhode Island Leaps to Remote Education Abstract: The University of Rhode Island took proactive steps to protect student health and maintain its high standards of education by embracing remote education. Students attended classes and took tests from their dorms and group gatherings were limited. Yet they were more…
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…
In February, we released the new version of the NetBeez WiFi network monitoring sensor, also knowns as the ‘WiFi Beez’. What’s most exciting about this new version is that all of the hardware components are enclosed in a single, NetBeez-branded case. This case makes it easier for wireless engineers to…
Last week I attended the Wireless LAN Professionals Conference for the third year in a row . It was great to be part of this conference for another year in a row – I left, feeling that I am part of a community that is growing and becoming stronger each…
Lately, I have seen more customers using DFS Channels to operate their WiFi networks. Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS) is a WiFi function that enables WLANs to use 5 GHz frequencies that are generally reserved for radars. One main benefit of using DFS channels is to utilize under-serviced frequencies to increase…
