Day: March 26, 2018
IDG Contributor Network: Are client troubleshooting WiFi sensors from Satan?
Troubleshooting WiFi problems has been the bane of the network engineer’s existence for nearly a decade. So often these problems go undiagnosed that clients have even since stopped reporting them. Bad WiFi chalked up as just part of everyday life. Yet the role enterprise WLAN plays has literally become a critical part of an ever-growing […]
IDG Contributor Network: Filter this
Few of us think about filters until we take our car in for its 50,000-mile service. Looking at the service invoice, there’s an air filter, oil filter, fuel filter, cabin air filter, transmission filter… Sheesh, how many filters does this thing have?! We may also think about them at family dinners. All of us have […]
Penn State secures building automation, IoT traffic with microsegmentation
It was time to get a handle on BACnet traffic at Penn State. BACnet is a communications protocol for building automation and control (BAC) systems such as heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC), lighting, access control and fire detection. Penn State standardized on BACnet because of its openness. [ For more on IoT see tips […]