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CAD vs. PDF: Why Your Floor Plan Is Costing You the Design
CAD vs. PDF: Your Floor Plan Is the Design | WirelessWithWade WirelessWithWade CWDP | Wireless Design CAD vs. PDF: Your Floor Plan Is the Design A PDF looks like a floor plan. It is not a reliable RF design source. Wade Gerencser There is a conversation happening right now about wireless design efficiency. Nobody in…
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Wi-Fi 7 Is Fast. But Is Your Wireless Architecture Actually Secure?
Wi-Fi 7 Is Fast. But Is Your Wireless Architecture Actually Secure? | WirelessWithWade WirelessWithWade / Technical Blog 802.11be · Wi-Fi 7 · Cisco 9800 · WLAN Architecture · Security Wi-Fi 7 Is Fast. But Is Your Wireless Architecture Actually Secure? Encryption is a feature. Architecture is a discipline. The security gap in most enterprise wireless…
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Why Your Wireless Gaming Router Isn’t a Network Upgrade
WirelessWithWade / Technical Blog Consumer Wi-Fi · Enterprise 802.11 · RF Design Why Your Wireless Gaming Router Isn’t a Network Upgrade Consumer router marketing does not change RF physics. This post covers what actually matters when you design wireless for real environments. November 28, 2025 4 min read WirelessWithWade Key Takeaways Consumer gaming routers sell…
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The Open Wi-Fi Network Is Finally Encrypted: Understanding OWE on Any Band
WirelessWithWade / Technical Blog 802.11 Security · OWE · Enhanced Open · Wi-Fi 6E The Open Wi-Fi Network Is Finally Encrypted: Understanding OWE on Any Band Open Wi-Fi no longer has to mean unencrypted. OWE gives every passwordless client its own Layer 2 session keys on 2.4, 5, and 6 GHz. Here is how it…
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Separate AKMs Between SSIDs: Why WPA3 “Transition Mode” Shouldn’t Be a Permanent Design
WirelessWithWade / Technical Blog 802.11 · WPA3 · Security · Enterprise Wi-Fi Separate AKMs Between SSIDs: Why WPA3 “Transition Mode” Shouldn’t Be a Permanent Design Mixing WPA2-Enterprise and WPA3-Enterprise AKMs on the same SSID preserves the legacy attack surface and introduces unpredictable client behavior. Here’s why AKM segmentation is the right call. January 14, 2026…
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I Ran a Deauthentication Attack Against My Own Wireless Network; Here’s What the Frames Show
WirelessWithWade / Technical Blog 802.11 Security · 802.11w · CWSP Deep Dive I Ran a Deauthentication Attack Against My Own Wireless Network;Here’s What the Frames Show. 802.11w PMF Required, decoded frame by frame, live attack, live capture, and exactly where protection gets negotiated inside the RSN Information Element. 📅 July 2026 ⏱ ~7 min read…
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Cisco 9800 FlexConnect Local Switching – Policy Profile Walkthrough
WirelessWithWade / Technical Blog FlexConnect · Cisco 9800 · IOS-XE · WLAN Design Cisco 9800 FlexConnect Local Switching – Policy Profile Walkthrough FlexConnect on the Catalyst 9800, built by hand: WLAN profiles, policy profiles, policy tags, site tags, and Flex profiles, and how they decide local vs. central switching at the AP. February 23, 2026…
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What a Dropping 5 GHz Client Looks Like Inside a .pcap: Drilling Into the RadioTap Header
WirelessWithWade / Technical Blog 802.11 · Wireshark · PCAP Analysis · MCS · Troubleshooting What a Dropping 5 GHz Client Looks Like Inside a .pcap: Drilling Into the RadioTap Header A 35-second passive capture found what weeks of troubleshooting had not: one device that could not hold a usable signal, and the evidence lived only…
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How 802.11 MCS, SNR, and Airtime Drive Accurate AP Density Planning
WirelessWithWade / Technical Blog 802.11 · MCS · SNR · AP Density · CWDP · Wi-Fi Design How 802.11 MCS, SNR, and Airtime Drive Accurate AP Density Planning AP density is not a response to weak coverage. MCS, SNR, CCA, coding rate, noise floor, and airtime overhead collectively determine usable capacity, here is the engineering…
