February 2015 – Frame by Frame

K-12 Needs eduroam Too

As eduroam sweeps across higher education in the United States, I think it’s worth considering its place in K-12 as well. After all, every university and college that joins eduroam is within the boundaries of a K-12 school district, and a longstanding relationship is likely to exist between those institutions. Where I work, we have MiamiContinue reading “K-12 Needs eduroam Too”

WLAN Vendors: The NBASE-T Ball is in Your Court

I’m going to echo the position of Marcus Burton, Lee Badman, and Andrew von Nagy. Despite the marketing push, there really is no need for > 1 Gbps link to a 802.11ac Wave 2 AP. Not at the access layer at least. This Wi-Fi gauge goes up to 6.8 Gbps, so that means we need a 10 gigContinue reading “WLAN Vendors: The NBASE-T Ball is in Your Court”