Category: Field Notes
Short technical write-ups from the field.
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Home Wi-Fi Like a Pro
2026 Update Adapted from a talk I gave in 2022. The buying advice has aged — Wi-Fi 6 is no longer something to wait on — but the physics hasn’t changed. Everything about placement, channels, airtime and slow clients still hold.
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Enterprise office Wi-Fi: the physical decisions that make or break a network
A plain-language guide to the physical choices that make or break enterprise Wi-Fi — AP capacity ratios, the ‘treat APs like lighting’ placement test, cabling and PoE limits, and the network appliances behind the SSID.