Ubiquiti
Five UniFi defaults that are costing you performance
UniFi ships configured for a first-time user with one access point. That is the right default and the wrong configuration for almost every multi-AP network.
Articles
Articles
Field notes from real deployments, standards explained without the marketing, and honest looks at new hardware.
Troubleshooting
Why adding access points made your Wi-Fi worse
The most common response to a Wi-Fi complaint is to add another access point. In a congested environment that is the one change guaranteed to make things worse.
Spectrum
The 6 GHz coverage holes nobody warned you about
A 5 GHz design that just about worked will have visible holes at 6 GHz. Here is why, and what to change in your survey methodology.
Deployment
The PoE budget trap waiting in your Wi-Fi 7 refresh
Your new access points will link, boot and appear healthy on 802.3at. They will also quietly disable a radio and never mention it.
Deployment
We turned on 802.11r and broke a third of our clients
Fast transition is the right feature and the rollout advice is usually wrong. A field note on staged deployment.
Industry
What to actually do at a wireless conference
Trade show floors are designed to waste your time. A practical plan for extracting real value from three days and a lanyard.
Home & SMB
Mesh Wi-Fi versus wired access points at home
Mesh is sold as the answer to every home coverage problem. It is a good answer to one specific problem and a poor answer to several others.
Standards
Is Wi-Fi 7 worth upgrading to yet?
A straight answer for three different situations, and the one Wi-Fi 7 feature that genuinely justifies the premium.
Hardware
Do you actually need a spectrum analyser?
A protocol analyser shows you Wi-Fi. A spectrum analyser shows you everything else — and everything else is often the problem.
Signal, not noise.
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