The Apple Network Responsiveness test measures the responsiveness of a network, or its ability to multitask when multiple devices and apps are sharing the network at the same time. But what is it actually doing?
All in Journey
My Apple Setup - Part 1 (Apps & Tweaks)
Matt Startling has a new MacBook Pro and he’s asked me to put together a list of stuff I use on my Mac. This isn’t a particularly ‘WiFi’ focused blog but hopefully, it’ll help anyone making the leap to Apple for the first time. Here it goes…
A Mist Opportunity
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.
CWNA and MDM
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!
Promiscuous Mode vs Monitor Mode
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.
ECSE Troubleshooting
From the start, it’s a great refresher on the basics of RF and ran through the same things as the beginning of the Design course. It was helpful to me even though I’d literally done it the week before (hopefully, it’ll help me remember it). We also went through the now-famous Troubleshooting Process that Keith came up with.
My WiFi Toolbox - So Far...
The first tool in the toolbox is my 15” MacBook Pro (2017 - Touch Bar). I love my Mac. I loved it before I started in WiFi and now I love it even more. Sure, there ate a few bits of software I miss out on (WinFi, Omnipeek, Metageek) but it’s worth the trade-off. Plus, I can always fire up a VM to use those if I had too.
ECSE Design
To start, the course was great. An overview of the ‘basics’ (which if you haven’t looked into WiFi before are anything but basic) that gives you everything you need to start designing great WiFi.
Embedding a Tweet
So now that I’m trying out this blog thing and for me twitter is the best way to find out what’s happening in #WiFi my first thought was ‘ I wonder how I can add a tweet into my blog?’…
My #Wifi Journey so far...
Quick thanks to Nick Turner @nickjvturner and Ferney Muñoz @ferney_munoz for suggesting I start to blog. Nick suggested that even if I’m the only one who ever reads it at least I have a quick way to find things I’ve learnt and that if I’ve found a workaround for something or a new feature etc, chances are someone else could do with knowing that info too! I would say, however… I’m not a writer, I’m dyslexic. This will be hard for me!