Traditional RSSI Location Vs Cisco’s Hyperlocation Accuracy Real World Results Part 2 – The Open Planned Office

On August 22, 2017August 22, 2017 By haydnandrewsIn CMX, Location Services2 Comments

I previously wrote about Traditional RTLS vs Cisco's Hyperlocation in the real world for a walled office. This post is to put to the test the same but inside a mostly open planned office. Cisco's Hyperlocation Deployment Guide states: A general rule of thumb is to have 3 or 4 access points that are within …

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Conducting An Outdoor Site Survey Using Ekahau With A GPS Receiver.

On August 2, 2017August 17, 2017 By haydnandrewsIn Site Survey, WirelessLeave a comment

Have you ever had to conduct a site survey for an outdoor area, it might be fine if only a very small area, clicking everywhere you stand/ walk, but imagine doing a city block or a mine site, this would be come very hard to manage. This is why site survey software normally supports a …

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Cisco Identity PSK

On July 31, 2017August 17, 2017 By haydnandrewsIn Security, WirelessLeave a comment

Well after quite a while (maybe a few years) from one of my colleagues annoying the Cisco Wireless BU, saying we need per device PSK, as we have quite a large IoT and Student Network with devices not supporting WPA/WPA2 Enterprise, Cisco have finally delivered. With the release of the Cisco WLC 8.5 code came …

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Traditional RSSI Location Vs Cisco’s Hyperlocation Accuracy Real World Results Part 1 – The Walled Office

On July 15, 2017August 17, 2017 By haydnandrewsIn Antenna, CMX, Location Services, Wireless1 Comment

Ever wondered if Cisco's Hyperlocation lives up to the hype? This post is part 1 of a 2 part series looking at real world results of Cisco's Hyperlocation vs the traditional RSSI location accuracy in a traditional walled office environment.

The Dreaded Hallway Design

On July 13, 2017August 17, 2017 By haydnandrewsIn Location Services, Site SurveyLeave a comment

Well I have seen my fair share of Hallway designs, and I can tell you I am not a fan. I find the reason they have been used is legacy designs, and companies trying to keep costs down. I have in some situations also found that people don't like APs placed above their desks as …

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Hyperlocation Antenna

On July 11, 2017August 17, 2017 By haydnandrewsIn AntennaLeave a comment

Just a quick post to give some insight into the Cisco Hyperlocation module Cisco released a little while ago their Hyperlocation module for the 3600 and 3700 AP series. This technology proposes to enable wireless location of associated clients of between 1-3m. If this technology holds up to its claims of 1-3m accuracy it will …

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We have a new Domain

On June 5, 2017 By haydnandrewsIn Wireless1 Comment

The WLAN Blog has a new domain name. From now the new site is www.thewlan.com.au Later this year thewlan.net domain will be retired from service for this blog. Please ensure that you update all your bookmarks.

THE WLAN

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