Example: Application Comparison/Baselining

 There are many different terms I use to cover ‘Application Baselines”, such as ‘Profile’, ‘snapshot’ and many other synonyms.

The Most Common Reasons for Wi-Fi Roaming Problems

You are standing in one area of the building, wirelessly connected, and application performance works great. But as you walk to another area, you notice your radio icon loses a signal strength line or two and things start to lag, or even drop completely.  

Everything Else (Paul Smith)

 

Multi-Tasking is a fantasy. There are plenty of high-energy people out there who say they can Multi-Task, and many a job-seeker has laid claim to this skill in an interview. The truth is, they are lying. Humans can only do one thing at a time.

Anatomy of a Connection

When I analyze a trace file with a client, I always look for the beginning of the TCP connection or application.

The reason is quite simple, there are many items that you can only see at the beginning of the capture. Sure you can make assumptions if you don’t have the beginning captured, but life is so much easier if you had it.

Free ARP Scanner for your toolbox

I can never stress enough that you need to ‘get to know’ your tools for a bunch of reasons, here are a few examples;

- Understand how the tool behaves on the network

- Ensure that no extra communication is going on

- Better understand when it doesn’t ‘work’