Living with Wiperf

Using Wiperf in the wild is more than just the initial set up, your Pi’s have a life of their own sometimes.

So, who can you trust?

You’ve connected to your public VPN to protect yourself from that nasty open wireless network, so you can relax, right? Wrong.

OFDMA Filler Blogpost

I haven’t got a great deal to share at the moment, but I have been playing around with 802.11ax with a Cisco 9120 and a client with an intel ax200 NIC and an iPhone 11 – enjoy some OFDMA whilst they both do a speedtest at the same time. This was captured on a Sidekick […]

Splunking on Pi – DIY Active Sensors [UPDATE: Now working with the WLANPi!]

Have you ever wanted to run a cheap, scalable network of active wireless sensors to test user experience? Well… come on in and have a read!

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WLAN Monitoring – Splunking on Pi

Did you know that you can create your own distributed WLAN monitoring system with Splunk and Raspberry Pi’s? Find out more

The Big DFS Debate – Real Life Findings

Using DFS in the real world.

Set Your Portal Free

Nobody likes a captive portal, so why do you have one?

Ping Pongs – Part 2: The Lower Layer Cover Up

In my previous blog, Ping Really Does Pong, I wrote about the dangers of using ping due to off-channel scanning by both the client and the access point. In this post, I will dig a bit deeper, and illustrate what else your ping tests are covering up.

Cisco HomeLab – On The Cheap

Quick Overview of a Low Maintenance, Low Power & Cheap Cisco Wireless HomeLab.

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Ping Really Does Pong

Is ping a good way to assess the performance and reliability of a wireless network? The short answer is, no, but I don’t like short answers.