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Tuesday, August 31, 2021
Fiber Network Solutions From Lumen Technologies (VIDEO)
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Lumen Technologies fiber network solutions drive efficiency and improved UX using a platform fit for the 4th Industrial Revolution.
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Fiber Internet Services From Spectrum Enterprise (VIDEO)
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Fiber Internet Access from Spectrum Enterprise provides scalable Internet solutions that can keep pace with your day-to-day operations and your changing business demands. Spectrum Enterprise delivers secure, reliable high-speed connectivity with uploads as fast as downloads over a nationwide fiber network. Fiber Internet Access provides fiber connectivity directly to your Local Area Network, so you get consistently fast Internet speeds and don’t have to worry about being slowed down by peak traffic times.
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Designing And Building A Mid Sized Business IT Network (VIDEO)
This video goes through the process of designing and building a real mid-sized network. The network in the video is a 5 story building intended to accommodate 500+ employees. The video will go over design decisions and show you what the physical network looks like post installation.
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Fundamental Components Of A Small Business IT Network (VIDEO)
Watch this video for an excellent overview of the conceptual planning and design of a small business IT network.
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Wired VS Wireless Networks...Comparing And Contrasting The Benefits (VIDEO)
This video compares and contrasts the benefits of wired and wireless network systems.
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Wireless Network Design Do's And Don'ts Of WiFi Planning (VIDEO)
Cerdant Network Engineering team manager, Sam Sexton, provides valuable information in this video on laying the appropriate groundwork for a strong and reliable wireless network and how to make sure you're scaling for the future. The discussion focuses on the do's and don'ts of wireless network planning and how to properly use the tools at your disposal.
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High-Density Wi-Fi Design Part 3 - WLAN Configuration Best Practices (VIDEO)
This video explains the best practices for configuring a Wi-Fi network for high-density environments.
These include:
- Proper encryption required to use 802.11n high throughput data rates
- Proper use of Quality of Service (QoS) through Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM)
- Disabling lower data rates to maintain high performance
- Prioritizing key business applications over recreational applications
- Client rate-limiting to prevent "greedy" clients from hogging bandwidth
- The important role that bi-directional band steering plays in optimizing spectral use
- Load balancing clients based on airtime utilization on different channels to serve users where the most capacity exists
- Using airtime fairness to adequately handle a mixed-client environment
- Proper consideration of wired network resources, including switch port bandwidth, power over Ethernet, and Internet/WAN bandwidth
- Appropriately sizing IP subnets to account for device density and user mobility
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High-Density Wi-Fi Design Part 2 - RF Planning (VIDEO)
This video explains the key RF principles that you should consider when designing a high-density Wi-Fi network.
These include:
- Leveraging the 5 GHz bands for to reduce co-channel interference and increase network capacity
- Appropriate use of 20 MHz versus 40 MHz channel width
- Using non-adjacent channels to minimize adjacent channel interference
- Always performing a pre-deployment site survey
- Appropriate cell sizing to maintain high data rates for clients while minimizing co-channel interference
- Ensuring a high quality bi-directional link with clients
- Leveraging facility obstructions for channel re-use
- Co-locating APs to increase capacity
- Alternative AP mounting methods and appropriate use of antennas to achieve desired coverage while minimizing co-channel interference
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High-Density Wi-Fi Design Part 1 - Forecasting AP Capacity (VIDEO)
The key to supporting increased demand on the WLAN is to design the network for capacity rather than simply coverage.
The first step in designing a WLAN to meet capacity demands is to perform adequate requirements gathering. This starts with a proper understanding of client device capabilities. Because RF is a shared environment, the capacity is determined by the capabilities of the AP infrastructure and the client devices, application bandwidth requirements, and the resulting airtime utilization that results from their unique combination.
In this first of three videos on high-density Wi-Fi design, I describe how these variables interact and can be used to derive a preliminary forecast of the required AP capacity to support the intended network load. These principles are valid for any WLAN deployment with any vendor's equipment. I also walk through a few examples to highlight how to apply this method to both homogenous and heterogeneous client environments.
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