“Hardening Your Wi-Fi For the Zombie Apocalypse”, and other Wi-Fi Life Hacks

It is very easy to deploy “bad” Wi-Fi, but can often be very difficult to deploy “good” Wi-Fi. We have certification programs, guidelines, vendor recommendations, “rules of thumb”, best practices, and even artificial intelligence to attempt to deploy “good” Wi-Fi. Alas, these techniques don’t always work as intended; some are even self-contradictory. While every Wi-Fi scenario has unique challenges, there are tools in design, implementation, and support, a.k.a. Wi-Fi Life Hacks, that can and should be implemented in almost all scenarios that will lead to “better” Wi-Fi. (Co-author: Todd Smith)