Technical Guides & Whitepapers
Why do wireless issues always begin with a live survey?
Why do wireless issues always begin with a live survey? Full Control whitepaper When users complain of poor wireless coverage, the standard first move is always to survey the area where the complaint is. Why is …
How accurate is your WiFi survey?
How accurate is your WiFi survey? Beware the results Full Control Whitepaper When we’re troubleshooting wireless or looking to improve a current installation, we typically start with a wireless survey. However …
The Problem with 160MHz wide Wireless channels
The Problem with 160MHz wide Wireless channels and the new 6.0GHz band Full Control Whitepaper The biggest requirement driving wireless technology forward is the quest for greater speed. One way of achieving th …
Protection from devices that rarely visit the office
Protect the network from devices that rarely visit your office Over the last few years there has been a slow but steady increase in the use of 802.1X and Network Access Control technologies to secure corporate …
Can my cabling support Multi-Gigabit speeds?
Can my cabling support Multi-Gigabit speeds? 1, 2.5, 5.0 & 10Gbps Do you need to replace your existing cabling, or can you use what you have to run the latest N-Base-T 1, 2.5, 5.0 & 10Gbps speeds known …
Beware the use of @ in SNMP Community Strings
Beware the use of @ in SNMP Community Strings Despite 25 years of working in IT, there are always things you come across late in the day and realize you have seen this issue before without understanding it corr …
Why is wireless roaming is such a lottery?
Why do some devices stick to one AP and not roam? One of the biggest issues with wireless over the last 10 years is that devices don’t seem to use all the Access Points in your network, often remaining connecte …
Why is my network running slow?
The network is running slow conundrum Or maybe you’re not measuring the right things? We’ve all heard it shouted across the office, “the network’s running slow again”. It seems to be the catch all for many and …
Fibre Test & Troubleshooting Handbook
Fibre Test & Troubleshooting Handbook Request your FREE PRINTED copy of the Fibre Test & Troubleshooting Handbook from Fluke Networks. This comprehensive, 44-page handbook is a great how-to resou …
NAC and 802.1X
What’s the fixation with 802.1X? Just because 802.1X has been the standard in network access control for decades, doesn’t mean it’s a good idea. Its an outdated protocol which has implementation and secu …
Why is Wireless Performance So Confusing?
Why is Wireless Performance So Confusing? A widespread frustration with Wireless is that two people can be in the same room, at the same time, with the same type of device … and have completely different wire …
Modern Problems with Fibre Networks Whitepaper
Modern Problems with Fibre Networks Whitepaper Ten or so years ago there were only two types of fibre, multi-mode or single-mode, and people rarely got them mixed up. Forward to today and there are now 4 types …
How Do You Monitor a Hosted Application?
How Do You Monitor a Hosted Application? The rise in hosted applications has lead to an increasing need to understand how well these applications are being delivered to your end users. With third parties to dea …
Can I use a laptop for packet capture?
Can I use a laptop for packet capture? We all have a copy of Wireshark on our laptop and admittedly its convenient, but there are risks when using a laptop for packet capture. One of Full Control’s engineers of …
Wireless networking: Which tool?
Wireless networking: Which tool? Due to the growth of wireless networking there follows a growth in support calls, blame and projects to make wireless “work better”. There are a number of tools in the market pl …
Fibre Cleaning & Inspection
Fibre Cleaning & Inspection With many fibres installed long before they’re used or new ones just out of the bag, it’s tempting to plug in and go, but actually the correct move is a proper clean first …
Wireless Performance : Too many APs!
Wireless Performance : Too many APs! Our network engineer wrote a paper a few years ago about the issue of having too many APs in your network and how this actually slows you down. At heart this issue was APs o …
Fibre cable testing: Your options
Fibre cable testing: Your options As network speeds increase, so does the importance of the light loss on your key fibre links. Scroll down to read more about the different ways of testing fibre. Fibre C …
Copper cable tester: Your options
Copper cable tester: Your options Copper cable testing can be broken down into three types of testers: Certification – Does the installed cabling link comply with TIA/ISO standards? Qualification – Can the cabl …
Which Network TAP for me?
Which Network TAP for me? Getting data from your network and into your monitoring and security tools is just as important as the tools themselves, it can also be one of the most challenging tasks. Using network …
Managing LAN and WAN bandwidth
Running out of Bandwidth? One of the most popular questions people ask the network team is “Are we running out of bandwidth?” closely followed by “Is there a bottleneck?”. This is more likely with regards to th …
How to pick the right Network support tool?
How to pick the right Network support tool? There are a lot of network, LAN, WAN, wireless and cabling support tools on the market. They all want your money and may claim to do everything you need. So how do yo …
