Apple iPad and Wireless LAN Professionals

I have in the past posted about a variety of iPhone/iPod Touch apps that could/should be used by Wireless LAN Professionals. Items that might make your life as an IT professional a little easier.

Here are the links to those posts and some from George’s website.

http://wirelesslanprofessionals.com/rf-toolbox-iphone-app/
http://wirelesslanprofessionals.com/network-apps-for-iphone-revisited/
http://wlaniconoclast.blogspot.com/2009/04/wlan-professionals-portable-toolkit.html
http://www.my80211.com/product-reviews/2010/1/4/iphone-app-iphone-network-sniffer.html
http://www.my80211.com/home/2009/12/12/iphone-app-wifi-scanner-wififofum.html

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Posted April 5, 2010 by   ·  4 Comments - Join The Conversation  

Getting Higher Quality Calls Using Skype

  • Try to be in as quiet of a room as possible.
  • Use a Headset. Do NOT use the computer’s built-in Mic/Speakers
  • Position the mic to be above/below your lip level (check for no breathing sounds from mouth or nose)
  • Check in the Audio Preferences and set your mic and headphone levels to be in the green
    Not spiking to the Red, and not too quiet… just right!
  • Shut down all other application while in Skype
  • Connect to the Internet via Wired Ethernet if possible – Wireless if you can’t do wired. 5GHz 802.11a would be a better choice that 2.4GHz 802.11b or 802.11g
  • You can configure Skype to show Advanced Settings to check for VoIP details
    • Roundtrip should be under 200ms
    • BM (Bandwidth) is best >5000
    • UDP Status (both) should be Good
    • CPU should be <25% – this really helps
    • Relays should be 0
    • If it is 4 or more, you are probably behind NAT
    • You might need to assign the Skype Port to pass thru via Router Settings
    • Packet Loss – Zero is best – but try to keep this as low as possible

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Wireless LAN Vendors – Tiers?

Someone asked me about Wireless LAN Infrastructure Vendors and I put them in the following Tiers. It’s not some ‘Gartner Magic Quadrant’ type thing. It’s just my personal opinion of where these fall. Not a ranking by quality, or by technology… just a ‘gut feel’ from what I see out in the marketplace. They are just random inside the Tiers.

I would love to hear what you think. Did I miss any major vendor? Any of these placed in the wrong Tier? [Read more]

Posted April 1, 2010 by   ·  16 Comments - Join The Conversation  

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