802.11ac

December 8, 2014

PERSPECTIVES

802.11ac: More Throughput For One or For All?

2 min read

In today’s highly mobile society we try to stay as connected as we possibly can, whether that be for instant messaging, email, or keeping up with our favorite TV shows and movies. This obsession for connectivity has stressed the wireless infrastructures that are installed by many organizations. Because of this many organizations are looking to […]

October 28, 2014

NETWORKING

Introducing the NBase-T Alliance – Redefining Access Networks

1 min read

Today, Cisco, Aquantia, Freescale and Xilinx announced the founding of the NBase-T Alliance.  Key goals of the alliance are as follows: Promote collaboration and dialogue for developing technology to enable speeds greater than 1Gbps on existing Category 5e and Category 6 cabling infrastructure. Work in conjunction with standards bodies to standardize speeds greater than 1Gbps […]

October 10, 2014

NETWORKING

Cisco is the First Access Point Vendor to Cross the 1 Million Units Sold Mark for 802.11ac

1 min read

With 1.1 million units in the marketplace, Cisco is far and away the market’s #1 provider of 802.11ac wireless infrastructure with the industry’s broadest and most powerful product offerings for the Enterprise, Service Providers, Small Medium Business and exploding Cloud market spaces. Providing up to 3 times the performance of legacy 802.11n deployments, 802.11ac provides […]

October 9, 2014

NETWORKING

802.11ac Bandwidth Planning

2 min read

Ever since the much anticipated 802.11ac standard was ratified and supported by Enterprise class access points (AP), I've asked myself the question that...

A Partner Experience with the new Cisco WAP371 802.11ac Wireless Access Point

2 min read

Hello all, Hello all, I trust everyone’s week is going well. Today we get to hear from Michiel Beenen, the founder of TechConnect, based in the Netherlands. Michiel recently heard about the new Cisco WAP371 and wanted to see if this new 802.11ac wireless access point hit the mark. He has already deployed the WAP321 […]