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Wi-Fi is great because of the flexibility it offers, and basic operation requires little effort. But it is frustrating when Wi-Fi doesn’t work well, especially since the problems and remedies are not always obvious. A good business wireless network requires…

Multi-user MIMO, or MU-MIMO, is a wireless communication technology that uses multiple antennas to improve communication by creating multiple connections to the same device at the same time. MIMO is an acronym that stands for multiple input, multiple output. MU-MIMO…

Wireless standards documents can be hundreds of pages long and fraught with technical minutiae. But the important highlights generally boil down to a short list of talking points that differentiate one standard from its predecessor. With the buzz about the…

Network practitioners have used virtual LANs for years to link pieces of an application and isolate its data from other applications that use a different set of VLANs. But VLANs have some limitations that inhibit their use in large data…

A computer network is an interconnected system of devices, represented as network nodes, that share information, data and resources among each other. Depending on the network type, devices can be as simple as computers or smartphones that connect into a…

When comparing a wireless access point vs. a router, several distinct differences start to emerge. While both devices support wireless network connectivity and may perform similar roles, the two devices are more like cousins than twins. When deploying a new…