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“I built it because I was tired of carrying a separate app for every calculation I do on a job. Now it’s one app, 173 tools, on every device you own.” – Keith Parsons 173 tools in one app in the palm of your hands, that is pretty cool. As a wireless engineer there are…
This was part of my presentation during the WLPC 2026 in Phoenix towards the end. I have been working on this for a while and learning a lot during the process. Idea behind this is to be able to validate as many items from the checklists created by Keith Parsons located here and do it…
I have written couple of posts before on using Wireshark to troubleshoot Wi-Fi issues. First post I focused on was the Wireshark I/O Graphs. Since I discovered them, I have been using them and seen other people use them to troubleshoot network and Wi-Fi issues. I focused on analyzing and looking at the WLAN traffic…
Mist WLAN Audit ⚠️ Important Notice Use at Your Own Risk. This tool is provided for informational purposes only. No Warranty. Provided “as is” without warranty of any kind. Responsibility. Always verify configurations before making changes. Privacy. Your Mist API key is transmitted securely to Mist via a temporary in-memory proxy and is never stored,…
Features update emails are fun to read and they can be very exciting. A recent email from Joel on all the hard work these fine folks at Hamina are doing and new features caught my attention. One of the features I have been waiting on and was looking forward to try was Integration with Mist….
Reporting is a crucial part of any project work. Different tasks require different kinds of reporting. When working on any wireless or wired project I usually have to go through different iterations. Reports can include lots of content, such as text and graphics. This can make some reports large, 10 MB or more. This leads…
I believe somewhere around Mid 2021; I received a message from Jussi about setting up some time to discuss some stuff. We had our call setup, the day arrived, I had a couple of my coworkers, Brian Powers and Robert Haviland, on the call as well. We went through the usual introductions and discussed some…
During my recent Wireless Adjuster II class I got introduced to Airtool Pi (new tool created by Adrian Granados). If you have been using Airtool or Airtool 2, you will certainly love this, cost is $14.99 and it is worth every penny. All you need is a WLANPi (Neo 2 is what I used; you…
This past week I attended the Wireless Adjust II class taught by Devin Akin. I recall attending the very first class back in 2020, that was a beta class, and we all had a great time attending that class. You can read more here. I knew that Devin had added lots of new content in…