The one-stop shop for wireless — design, deploy, troubleshoot, buy. Vendor-neutral engineering guidance, measured deployment stories, and the gear we would actually specify — with a soft spot for what Ubiquiti has done to the price of good networking.
What changed this week in spectrum, standards and vendor-land — each item flagged by how much it should affect your plans.
Client support for 6 GHz is no longer the blocker in a modern estate. Access point placement is — and most organisations refreshing to Wi-Fi 6E are reusing positions surveyed for 5 GHz.
Multi-link operation is delivering the latency consistency it promised. The controllers in front of it, configured the way they were for Wi-Fi 5, are actively undoing the benefit.
Ubiquiti ships fast. That is why the software is good, and why production estates should not be on the newest release.
Standard Power operation unlocks 6 GHz outdoors and with external antennas. It also brings a coordination workstream that most RFPs currently treat as a checkbox.
Access points are the visible cost. The 802.3bt power budget, the multi-gigabit uplinks and — in older buildings — the recabling are where the money actually goes.
Real deployments with the numbers attached — what was measured before, what was changed, and what it measured afterwards.
A firm that had already doubled its access point count to fix slow Wi-Fi. The problem was not coverage — it was 80 MHz channels, DFS switched off, and every radio at maximum power.
Handheld scanners timing out at shift change in a 19,000 m² distribution centre. The original design was sound — it had simply been surveyed and signed off before any stock arrived.
900 pupils arriving on the same Monday with two devices each. The Wi-Fi had failed in the first week for three consecutive years. The fix was mostly not about Wi-Fi.
Tested picks across enterprise, prosumer and home. We tell you what each one is bad at too.
Tri-band Wi-Fi 7 with a 2.5 GbE uplink, running on standard 802.3at power. The access point most small businesses should buy, and the reason is software as much as radio.
Best for: The default Wi-Fi 7 access point for most UniFi builds
A compact gateway running the full UniFi Network controller with enough routing throughput for a gigabit connection. For most people this is where a UniFi build should start.
Best for: Most homes and small offices — the default UniFi starting point
Twenty-four PoE ports with multi-gigabit on some of them and a serious power budget. The switch a Wi-Fi 7 deployment actually needs underneath it.
Best for: A floor of Wi-Fi 7 access points with room for cameras
Rack-mounted gateway with integrated switching, a drive bay for UniFi Protect, and the routing throughput to sit in front of a real business connection.
Best for: Businesses that need rack mounting, higher throughput and camera storage
Every Wi-Fi problem is a spectrum problem wearing a disguise.
One page covering every band Wi-Fi uses — 2.4, 5, 6 and 60 GHz — what each is good for, how much usable spectrum you really get, and where the regulatory landmines are.
DFS roughly triples your 5 GHz channel budget and occasionally drops every client on an AP. A decision framework, plus how to test your site before committing.
How the 6 GHz power classes actually constrain a design, what AFC does, why your 6 GHz SSID is invisible, and the coverage penalty nobody puts on the data sheet.
Field notes, teardowns and the occasional rant about captive portals.
UniFi ships configured for a first-time user with one access point. That is the right default and the wrong configuration for almost every multi-AP network.
The most common response to a Wi-Fi complaint is to add another access point. In a congested environment that is the one change guaranteed to make things worse.
A 5 GHz design that just about worked will have visible holes at 6 GHz. Here is why, and what to change in your survey methodology.
Conferences, trade shows and training worth the flight.
Where 802.11 is actually written. Attending is a significant commitment, but the meeting documents are public and reading the 802.11bn (Ultra High Reliability) submissions is the fastest route to understanding what comes after Wi-Fi 7.
📍 Rotating, Global · 8–13 Nov 2026 · Registration fee; documents publicly available
Europe's largest AV and systems integration show. Relevant to wireless engineers supporting corporate installation, digital signage networks and venue connectivity.
📍 Barcelona, Spain · 2–5 Feb 2027 · Free with registration code, otherwise paid
The independent, practitioner-run conference the Wi-Fi engineering community actually attends. Deep technical sessions, hands-on deep dives and the highest signal-to-noise ratio of any wireless event. Verify dates on the official site.
📍 Phoenix, USA · 22–26 Feb 2027 · Paid — deep-dive tracks extra
The largest connectivity trade show in the world. Overwhelmingly cellular-focused, but the Wi-Fi, private network and fixed-wireless-access ecosystems are all present. Go for supplier meetings and market direction, not technical depth.
📍 Barcelona, Spain · 1–4 Mar 2027 · Paid — passes vary widely
Long-form, citable references for design reviews, RFPs and budget approval.
A phased framework for moving an enterprise estate to 6 GHz-primary operation, covering AP density modelling, the LPI power ceiling, AFC where standard power is required, client readiness assessment and a staged cutover that does not strand legacy devices.
A step-by-step method for sizing wireless networks from application demand rather than floor area, including realistic per-AP throughput figures, airtime budgeting, and worked examples for open-plan offices, lecture theatres and warehouses.
A reference architecture for enterprise wireless security covering WPA3 migration, 802.1X with certificate validation enforcement, per-device PSK for IoT, segmentation policy and the operational controls that make the design hold.
One email a fortnight: new case studies, spectrum-policy changes, and the gear worth your budget.