Welcome to our new WiFi Ninjas Podcast episode! Today we kick off a very interesting discussion around WiFi Airport Design with probably the best WiFi Airport specialist in the world – Jim Palmer!

• A bit about Jim
  • CWNE #304
  • Ekahau Master 31
  • Runs a very busy American Airport

• Wireless Physical Design
  • APs / Antennas Placement and types
  • RF considerations

• Wireless Configuration
  • High Density approach
  • Roaming approach

• Apps
  • Apps used by clients
  • Apps used by stuff

• Project Lifecycle
  • Project Management of this thing
  • Predictive, pre-deployment and post deployment surveys etc.
  • Liasing with contractors and 3rd parties
  • Additional Testing?

• LAN & WAN
  • Internet pipe
  • LAN structure
  • Throughput concerns
  • Cabling
  • Bottlenecks

• Security
  • Onboarding
  • Auth
  • What infra used?
  • Encryption
  • Content filtering
  • Additional security features

• Challenges
  • DFS?
  • Distance to the switch
  • PoE
  • Mounting restrictions
  • Obstructions, metal
  • Other networks, concessions
  • Interferers

• Ninja Tips

• Lessons learned

Thanks for listening and enjoy! Shout if you like it or don’t like it or if you’d like us to talk about anything specific in future episodes – we would be delighted to know your thoughts!

With tons of love x,

WiFi Ninjas