The first time I saw Metageek’s Eye P.A. (Presented at WLPC19 by Joel Crane) It reminded me instantly of David McCandless’ ‘Information is Beautiful’ (UK Amazon - US Amazon). I love that book!! It also reminds me of Daisy Disk (an amazing disk space utilisation app). For some reason, I just assumed it would work on a Mac (I mean, what Windows app looks that good?!?!). I was wrong… sort of.
I’ve been trying to broaden my experience with different wireless vendors since taking WiFi seriously. I’ve used Meraki since before they were purchased by Cisco.
At the beginning of December, I passed my CWNA… JUST… I got 72% and I needed 70%.
I don’t think I’m alone in feeling like I’d like to get at least above 90% on these types of exams. There are reasons for me ‘scraping’ through but I won’t go into them here!
Early on in my WiFi journey, I kept hearing about Promiscuous Mode and Monitor Mode. I didn’t really know what they were so I wanted to get something down on here to help people understand the difference.
I’m already convinced but if you needed another reason not to use captive portals, I’ve found one.
Today I was messaging with some other WiFi people about how they can get some visibility on what end users can see from their Macs without having to install software on their machines.
Every now and then you need to find out what a client is trying to do. Sure, you could put your favourite packet capture device right next to the device and filter stuff out but sometimes you want to know exactly what the device is trying to reach or do. This will also give you the data that goes over cellular - Great for troubleshooting cellular handoff - if you wanted it.
One thing I like to do when visiting a site for the first time is to set my phone to scan which channels are being used in that area. The best way I’ve found to do that is to run the Airport Utility app ins scanning mode whilst it’s in my pocket.
https://seethrunetworks.comWith Cisco Meraki announcing their new MG line of products I thought I’d write up how I’ve previously checked for the best place to mount cellular modems.
So this is about WiFi Signal in particular. It’s one of the best free tools available. One of the best features is the ability to customise the menu bar data
