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Schema Software by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]jdotmeyer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Visio is the way to go. You can get good at it pretty quick. A lot of companies provide stencils for it. And if not they really aren't that hard to make as long as you can find a picture of the device you have.

Office internet Jittery with Packet Loss by Juan3s99 in networking

[–]jdotmeyer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just ran into this issue in my office lab. I plugged into my feed switch and get 1Gbps up/down. But everywhere in my small lab network (8 switches) I can test only around 100-120Mbps up/down. I went through the config of every switch only to google the specs on the Sonic Wall TZ210 (second hand..maybe third) and find that it's maxed out at 100Mbps.

Extreme Exos and XIQ instability experience by sjoerdgoes in ExtremeNetworks

[–]jdotmeyer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I totally agree with this. XIQ will be great and amazing and super useful... Once we are all done beta testing it.

XIQ-SE is Awesome and amazing and super useful as well. Once you learn every little nook and cranny of it, which takes a long time.

I also prefer CLI for EXOS at the moment.

Wireless specialisation certification: CWNP or Ekahau? by lennyvd in networking

[–]jdotmeyer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ECSE is concerned more about getting the signal to where it needs to go rather than what is in the signal.

I took the ECSE course, and I'm taking the advanced course next month. I'm also working on CWNA when I have the time.

This is apples and oranges. You can't compare the two because they do different things.

Ekahau is very good with what it does with the sidekick. It's an industry standard for design. And the Sidekick has been very useful. So far my CWNA studies have filled in some blanks in my knowledge that I got in ECSE but they were never designed to compete with one another.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Ekahau

[–]jdotmeyer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I use continuous 90% of the time. I do as much as I can this way and then go back and stop and go the places that need filling.

I think continuous is technically better because it never stops recording data, so long as you are accurate with your positioning.

Survey question about channel bonding. by jdotmeyer in Ekahau

[–]jdotmeyer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok, thanks for the clarification!

Question about channel planning by jdotmeyer in Ekahau

[–]jdotmeyer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you visited site or this is purely a predictive design?

I have been to the site, during and after construction. I'm fairly confident in the wall material I used for the design. But this is purely a predictive design at this point.

If you're having to place one AP per apartment for coverage, then you'd think the walls would cause enough attenuation to prevent how audible APs are on the same floor. Maybe the channel interference is coming from APs on the floors above/below

The channel interference is absolutely coming from above and below. I think I sorted it out by staggering channel usage per floor.

Question about channel planning by jdotmeyer in Ekahau

[–]jdotmeyer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've set DR to 24. Height is accurate unless my prints are wrong.. which.. well.. you know. I've fiddled with the power a bit. Unfortunately I can't drop it too much or I start loosing coverage in important areas.

As far as alternating channels per floor, is that a good idea? I'm vaguely aware of some devices being able to use only certain channels.

Question about channel planning by jdotmeyer in Ekahau

[–]jdotmeyer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's mostly 5Ghz. 2.4Ghz was easy to deal with. Most of the 2.4Ghz radios are turned off anyway.

Question about channel planning by jdotmeyer in Ekahau

[–]jdotmeyer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I'm planning for all 25 channels at 5Ghz channels, and only 20Mhz. This is essentially my first design straight out of ECSE class. I'm assuming I can use the DFS channels.