Network Reference Library - WiFi Resources

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In lieu of this being a sticky somewhere else...

QoS mappings across different access/media/applications... as many here are more wireless oriented, but still need to reconcile QoS, at a network layer, across WiFi/MoCA/Ethernet/etc...

 

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Very good and in depth view of 802.11ac and the impact of Wave 2...

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[thiggins]

Mysteries of Wi-Fi Roaming Revealed.

7 Signal whitepaper. Requires submitting name and "organization" but no email.

Check their Blog and Wi-Fi Learning Center for other good articles.

 

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White Paper: IEEE 802.11ac Migration Guide

Good paper from Netscout. Mainly focused on enterprise deployment, but has good info applicable to consumer.

Once again we see reference to using 20 and 40 MHz bandwidth for AC APs.

 

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Best tool ever for wireless and general network admin (including configurations, designs, etc)...

A good old-fashioned computation notebook - it's faster and easier than keeping things inside a text file on the desktop - and it won't run out of batteries or lock one out if things go wrong...

I really like these - quad ruled (little squares) with numbered pages, and it's not looseleaf or spiral bound..

http://www.staples.com/Ampad-Gold-F...-1-4-Red-Antique-Ivory-22-156-/product_830844

 

[pege63]

Some greate video WIFI learning:
Planning and Surveying Good Wireless LANs
7 Tricks of Wi Fi Professionals
7 Ways to Fail as a Wireless Expert
802.11ax Sneak Peek – The Next Generation Wi-Fi: comming in Mars

 

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Good Cisco paper describing in detail how roaming works in iOS 8. A bit dated, but good insight into details of one vendor's roaming process.

 

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If one is a MATLAB kind of person - a lot of good tools in the MATLAB WLAN Toolbox...

https://www.mathworks.com/help/wlan/examples.html

 

[Doug Nix]

Aruba Networks

http://www.arubanetworks.com/resources/reference-design-guides/

This link is broken. This one *may* be a replacement, but may also contain nuts.

https://community.arubanetworks.com/t5/Validated-Reference-Design/tkb-p/Aruba-VRDs

 

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Nice little toolkit for various network items

DNS Checker - DNS Lookup With EDNS Client Subnet Support | KeyCDN Tools

Lookup a DNS record from 11 servers to get detailed record information. EDNS client subnet queries are supported.

tools.keycdn.com

 

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Cloudflare's SpeedTest...

Internet Speed Test - Measure Network Performance | Cloudflare

Test your Internet connection. Check your network performance with our Internet speed test. Powered by Cloudflare's global edge network.

speed.cloudflare.com

 

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waveform's bufferbloat test - since dslreports.com is a bit borked...

Bufferbloat and Internet Speed Test - Waveform

Is bufferbloat causing issues with your internet connection? Run this test to find out.

www.waveform.com

 

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DNS client checks...

dnscheck.tools - check your dns resolvers

A tool to test for DNS leaks, DNSSEC validation, and more

dnscheck.tools

 

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This one is interesting...

DNS Checker - DNS Check Propagation Tool

Check DNS Propagation worldwide. DNS Checker provides name server propagation check instantly. Changed nameservers so do a DNS lookup and check if DNS and nameservers have propagated.

dnschecker.org

 

[Ripshod]

Hope you don't mind me adding this. When speaking of nameservers, I found this tool most handy when I was hosting

Network Tools: DNS,IP,Email

DNS and Network troubleshooting and diagnostic tools integrated into one sweet interface.

mxtoolbox.com

 

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This is something outside of Wireless, but with many IoT/SBC devices, along with some routers...

SD Cards, from the factory, are typically formatted and partitioned in a specific way.

I've always had good luck getting cards sorted for SBC and IoT applications by doing a low-level format on the card...

SD Memory Card Formatter for Windows/Mac | SD Association

www.sdcard.org

 

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Here's a handy tool for newer MacOS releases...

DEVONtechnologies | Welcome (Back) Network Utility

DEVONtechnologies develops DEVONthink, DEVONagent, and other Mac and iOS apps for document and information management and web research.

www.devontechnologies.com

If you're a long time MacOS X user, this is a familiar tool that Apple stopped working on...

 

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More Mac Tools...

Discover - aka Bonjour Browser

‎Discovery - DNS-SD Browser

‎Discovery is a utility that displays all of the Bonjour services available on the local network or on Wide-Area Bonjour domains. Use it to debug your latest program, detect computers connected to your network, or just keep tabs on what services are available. Perfect for network admins or...

apps.apple.com

Flame - similar tool, but rather than focus on Services, it focuses on device capabilities...

‎Flame Services Browser

‎Flame is a browser for Bonjour (also known as ZeroConf) network services. It lists the services advertised on your local network and you can browse them by server. When selecting a service, its advertised details are displayed. You can copy any of the service details by long-pressing a row. If...

apps.apple.com

Both are very useful tools when working on Apple's AirPlay, AirPrint, HomeKit, etc...