This is a very popular question that is asked at literally every WING5 training (and, I must admit, due to misinterpretation I was giving out the wrong answer, so read this). Getting those link levels is easy, troubleshooting the resulting system instability issues is not easy. We typically know that single-site scenarios use Level 1... Continue Reading →
WiNG 5.7 Release Summary
WiNG 5.7 is finally out and available on Support portal. Here's a brief summary of main features and comments about them. New product support. Because of the timing overlap some of the products released around 5.6 release were not actually supported by 5.6.x and were supported by special 5.5.x instead. Now everything is back to... Continue Reading →
[WLAN] Motorola Solutions simplifies WING5 Licensing: free stuff
Is was around for a while, but now it's official. Motorola (Solutions) simplifies licensing for it's WING5 WLAN Platform. The following features are now free: Analytics This is the client analytics (mainly for Retail and hospitality industry) so many were talking about. Allows offering guest access services to customers to understand user behavior by gathering... Continue Reading →
Running a WLAN controller in VMWare Player
Motorola WiNG5.6 firmware images were finally posted last week, and along them, the VX9000 cloud controller DEMO image. I am very excited about it, as it allows me to run a VM version of Motorola's top controller (or cluster, or hierarchy for that sake) right on my laptop! No need to say about potential for... Continue Reading →