There are many ways to examine the roaming performance of a Wi-Fi client. Perhaps the gold standard is to follow the client with a laptop running Omnipeek and several Wi-Fi adapters all capturing frames on different channels. I’m also impressed with 7signal’s recent update to Mobile Eye which now logs roaming data as well. ButContinue reading “Roaming Analysis using only a Mac and Wireshark”
Category Archives: Troubleshooting
Beware of mDNS Floods from Buggy Android Clients
Recently, I discovered a large increase in multicast traffic on an enterprise Cisco WLAN. This increase was large enough to cause packet loss in several areas where bandwidth is limited, usually at the WAN edge. While throughput remained within the acceptable range for a circuit, an extremely high packet rate was overwhelming the edge device’sContinue reading “Beware of mDNS Floods from Buggy Android Clients”
Chrome OS Wi-Fi Diagnostics
In the K-12 market Chromebooks are the most common devices used in 1:1 programs. If you are designing high density Wi-Fi networks for Chromebook 1:1 programs, it helps to know how to access their Wi-Fi statistics, logs, and networking tools. This knowledge is valuable for troubleshooting day-to-day Chromebook Wi-Fi issues as well. The Basics Despite its simplicity, ChromeContinue reading “Chrome OS Wi-Fi Diagnostics”
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