Networking
Real-world UniFi and business Wi-Fi notes.
Operational notes from the field — UniFi deployments, business Wi-Fi, real-world capacity planning, and why most network problems aren't actually network problems.
Wi-Fi failures are almost never the Wi-Fi
"The Wi-Fi is slow" is a symptom, not a diagnosis. Nine times out of ten, the actual problem is upstream — and replacing the access points solves nothing.
April 11, 20263 min readThe cable plan you wish you had three years ago
When you can't run new cable cheaply, the network ages around it. The fifteen minutes of planning before the build saves five years of retrofit.
November 27, 20253 min readUniFi for the price-conscious office
Enterprise-grade networking equipment that doesn't bill you per port per year. The honest pros and cons for a small office.
July 15, 20253 min readWhy one router from your ISP isn't a network
The combo box your ISP gave you is one device pretending to be four. None of the four is good at its job, and the office figures it out by month three.
March 2, 20253 min read