Usually, trouble with wireless devices and networks comes down to the efficiency of radio transmissions, not speed. Fortunately, products that implement Wi-Fi 6, the IEEE’s 802.11ax wireless networking standard, are well positioned to alleviate the performance problems that plague manufacturers. Most of the benefits of Wi-Fi 6 can be explained through three simple abbreviations. At first glance, these may seem like alphabet soup, but the features they represent offer significant improvements to organizations that deploy Wi-Fi 6.

Cisco Meraki recently released a new switch — the MS390 — and while I normally don’t get excited about new switches, this one has some neat tricks up its sleeve. My CDW engineering colleagues and I were able to get our hands on some of these switches before their release and put them through their…

On September 16, the Wi-Fi Alliance officially announced the Wi-Fi CERTIFIED 6 certification program. This is an exciting announcement in the world of wireless and will help usher more Wi-Fi 6 devices into the marketplace. For those unfamiliar with the Wi-Fi Alliance, it is a worldwide group of companies who work together to build sets…

The latest standard in Wi-Fi denoted as 802.11ax and branded as Wi-Fi 6 has been big news lately. Wi-Fi 6 promises a multitude of exciting new features that are set to be the most radical changes to the 802.11 spec that we know and love. The name of the game here is efficiency — the…

Part of my role as a wireless technical architect at CDW is keeping in touch with what’s going on in the wireless industry. This means attending industry conferences such as Aruba Atmosphere and Cisco Live, where I get to absorb technical content, hear what’s coming next, talk with our customers and partners, and frequently meet…