Introduction This is a follow-up to my previous post Annotating photographs during on-site WiFi design, using Skitch for iOS Managing the photos you take during on-site WiFi design can be challenging. I would like to share with you a method I use to impose some order to those pictures. One

When: Early October 2015 Where: Milton Keynes Stadium Why: Rugby World Cup Sporting event How: I was using a Cisco 2600I autonomous access point, operating in Spectrum Connect mode. What: I had the privilege of being present at the Milton Keynes Stadium during the Rugby World Cup in a professional

Introduction When I began performing on-site WLAN designs, I would take a photograph of each suggested AP location with my iPhone camera as I moved through the site. I wanted to annotate the photo immediately after taking it, draw an arrow and add text. Solution Skitch for iOS, iTunes When

How to use a 4-core coiled telephone cable as a stretchy PoE only ethernet cable Remove the RJ11 connectors and expose the 4 sheathed copper cores Only 4 pins are required for PoE The colour cores need to be placed into the matching pin of the new RJ45 connectors at

#WLPC_EU 2015 TenTalk presentation of how it is possible to use Cisco Spectrum Expert and a Cisco AP with CleanAir to perform Spectrum Analysis on site. On-site Spectrum Analysis with Clean Air AP | Nick Turner | WLPC EU Berlin 2015 Thank you to Keith Parsons and the videographers involved in

During #WLPC_EU 2015 I received a few comments regarding the dongle clips I use to fix WiFi dongles to my screen. Here are the juicy details… The dongle clips I use are branded ALFA Networks and can be found on Amazon & ALFA Networks. In the pictures you can

30 Aug, 2015 This demonstration is performed using Windows 10, though this method also worked under Windows 8.1 In a previous post I described how to launch a second instance of Cisco Spectrum Expert by holding down the shift key and clicking on the pinned icon. This requires you

31 Jul, 2015 In a previous article I described a method to connect Cisco Spectrum Expert to an Autonomous Access Point operating in Spectrum Mode. This article addresses how to configure Spectrum Expert to display the data, primarily wrangling the plots to display the entire 5 GHz band on one

23 Jun, 2015 Some time ago I was asked to use Cisco Spectrum Expert to perform spectrum analysis at a customer site. The initial problem I faced was how to interface the hardware, the PCMCIA cardbus sensor would not talk to my MacBook Pro, I experimented with USB ->

I run Windows 8.1 in VMware Fusion on a MacBook Pro. Recently I made the switch from AirMagnet to Ekahau ESS and I was distraught to discover that on first run after installation Ekahau ESS was not detecting my NIC-300 USB adaptor. Ekahau Site Survey Pro Windows Device Manager

The Terrawave battery pack has served me well, performing site surveys. However, it is a heavy beast, coming in at 3.82 kg. I would like to introduce the Tracer Lithium Polymer battery that I am currently using for site surveys and share how I use it. The Tracer battery