CTS 216: TWIW – Cisco Exams Online, New Channel Chart, No-Twitter Chuck on Twitter

It’s another week in quarantine but that’s not stopping the wireless news. In this episode, we recorded a video for the YouTube channel to provide another form of medium if video is your thing. Cisco taking some of their exams online In a new turn of events, Cisco has made nearly all their certification exams online. With the quarantine and work-from-home in effect, the certification studying can continue. Susie Wee announces the news in a blog with a link to a Cisco page containing all the details. New Channel Chart by Keith Parsons 6 GHz is nearly here. The vote is set to happen in a few days. Keith R. Parsons created a graphic which displays the possible channels Wi-Fi can use. Just look at that large 1200 MHz worth of frequency and the number of channels available. I thought it appropriate to see a visual image of how much more spectrum 6GHz will bring to Wi-Fi.2.4 GHz3 – 20MHz Channels5 GHz25 – 20 MHz Channels6GHz59 – 20 MHz ChannelsThe new ‘norm’ for Enterprise deployments will be 80 MHz channels!One more week till FCC vote! pic.twitter.com/2cIS2f1p4n— Keith R. Parsons (@KeithRParsons) April 15, 2020 New iPhone SE Apple quietly releases a new iPhone with Wi-Fi 6 and CBRS capabilities. We will continue to see the adoption of these new technologies rise as people upgrade their mobile devices every year. And this is at a good price point of $399. Got more information on the AirMagnet come back: Have you heard? There’s something new coming to AirMagnet. We sure hope it includes Link-Live functionality and the use of their handheld tools with the survey software. They are hosting a webinar this week. Did we mention 6GHz? There’s plenty of documents on the FCC website if you dare to take a look. Tx power in Ekahau Cisco added back the Aironet IE information when analyzing Wi-Fi networks. You can see it visibly in Ekahau, as Sam Clements points out. Have you seen the radio TX power in @ekahau? @Cisco_Mobility brought this back to new APs in 8.10MR2 and 17.2 – let's thank them for this fantastic insight! pic.twitter.com/7GsrlnhHQ2— Sam Clements (@samuel_clements) April 17, 2020 Complexities of Wi-Fi in Higher Education Rowell Dionicio participated in an Ekahau webinar to discuss the complexities of Wi-Fi in Higher Education. It was an insightful and fun discussion with an engaging audience.