BYOD

The demand for high-capacity Wi-Fi networks continues to grow at an astonishing rate. The migration to 802.11n has taken Wi-Fi networking within the enterprise from an overlay to existing wired networks and made it the primary network connectivity method. And the upcoming 802.11ac standard promises...

 By Craig J. Mathias, Principal with the Farpoint Group Our research into the subject has revealed that only a single-digit percentage of wireless-LAN shops are using and benefitting from one of the most interesting features of the wireless LAN itself: the location and tracking of client devices Most...

When I joined Aerohive almost three years ago, I became one of the first full-time Mac users. I’d always wanted a Mac, and I have grown to dearly love the ability to switch out of Word and dig for an AAAA record in DNS, then go back to Outlook.More importantly, MacOS is an independent Wi-Fi...

At Wireless Field Day last month, I had an interesting discussion that I thought was worth sharing more widely. Tom Carpenter at CWNP asked the question in the title of the post: “Why is 802.11ac only 5 GHz?”  Tom posed the question in the context of a warehouse in the middle of nowhere that...

One of the core product focuses for Aerohive is high-performance Wi-Fi. This is something that I stress whenever I’m talking to partners, customers, or the public. The large-scale adoption and migration to mobile devices in BYOD environments is challenging existing Wi-Fi networks to keep-up. For...

Bonjour services are very useful for finding and connecting to local services on the network, like Apple TV’s (via AirPlay), printers (via AirPrint), file sharing (via AFP), remote audio (via AirTunes), etc. And using Aerohive’s Free Bonjour Gateway or Bonjour Gateway within one of our...

On his blog, Dan Cybulski recently asked why cross-subnet Bonjour work is so important, and why it was so interesting.  Fundamentally, it’s because the Bonjour technology itself is changing the way we build networks.When I first started using networks, it was a multiprotocol world. (Never mention...

The world is a-buzz with the release of the new iPhone 5. I’m sure everyone has heard by now that it supports 5GHz Wi-Fi. This expanded frequency band support will be of critical importance for enterprise Wi-Fi networks adopting mobile devices and BYOD initiatives to distribute the growing network...

A few weeks ago, I was in the Washington DC area to visit some Aerohive customers and talk about to them about Wi-Fi network architecture. However, I’d be lying if I told you that the highlight of my trip was anything other than the National Air and Space Museum on the National Mall. A few thoughts: T...

Question: Why does Wi-Fi stop working after an iOS 6 upgrade?!I, like many other people yesterday, upgraded to iOS 6 on all of my supported Apple devices: an iPod Touch (4th generation), an iPad 2, and an iPad 3. On the iPads, the upgrade was smooth as silk, but the iPod touch was a bit rocky....