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Hardware
Sizing a gateway: what actually decides the model
Most people pick a firewall or gateway off port count. Port count is the least important number on the box. Here's the order we work through instead.
·4 min readSam LaMartina
Wireless
Wi-Fi 7: when it's worth the money and when it isn't
Wi-Fi 7 is a real generational jump. It's also wasted in about half the buildings we walk into. Here's how to work out which one you are.
·4 min read
Buildout
The wiring closet checklist we work through before calling a job done
You can tell how a network was installed within ten seconds of opening the closet door. This is the list we go through before we hand one over.
·4 min read
Security
A network segmentation layout that holds up
You don't need twelve VLANs. You need about five, drawn properly, with rules that say what talks to what and a written reason for each one.
·4 min read
Buildout
PoE budget math: the number that quietly wrecks a deployment
A 24-port PoE switch does not power 24 PoE devices. Here's how to work out what you need before the gear shows up on site.
·5 min read
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