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Are you attending WLPC PHX 2026? Taking a bootcamp and unsure what to do in the evening after? Arriving early? We’re thrilled to announce that the WLAN Pi team will be hosting our first open-door, in-person development sprint during the days leading up to the conf (Sat - Mon, February 14 - 16).
January 13, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Are you attending WLPC PHX 2026? Taking a bootcamp and unsure what to do in the evening after? Arriving early? We’re thrilled to announce that the WLAN Pi team will be hosting our first open-door, in-person development sprint during the days leading up to the conf (Sat - Mon, February 14 - 16).
lswifi v0.1.58 released. Fixed Aerohive AP parsing, added MikroTik/Routerboard support, MME IE parsing, and pcap decoding improvements.
- Upgrade: python -m pip install -U lswifi
- PyPI download link: pypi.org/project/lswi...
- GH: github.com/joshschmelzl...
- Upgrade: python -m pip install -U lswifi
- PyPI download link: pypi.org/project/lswi...
- GH: github.com/joshschmelzl...
January 8, 2026 at 2:57 PM
lswifi v0.1.58 released. Fixed Aerohive AP parsing, added MikroTik/Routerboard support, MME IE parsing, and pcap decoding improvements.
- Upgrade: python -m pip install -U lswifi
- PyPI download link: pypi.org/project/lswi...
- GH: github.com/joshschmelzl...
- Upgrade: python -m pip install -U lswifi
- PyPI download link: pypi.org/project/lswi...
- GH: github.com/joshschmelzl...
Another day compiling the kernel.
September 2, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Another day compiling the kernel.
Wi-Fi Alliance study claims Wi-Fi is 2.5x more energy efficient per MB than 5G. 🛜 www.wi-fi.org/system/files...
www.wi-fi.org
September 2, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Wi-Fi Alliance study claims Wi-Fi is 2.5x more energy efficient per MB than 5G. 🛜 www.wi-fi.org/system/files...
What the Windows consuming 422 GB of disk in system & reserved…
August 15, 2025 at 4:53 PM
What the Windows consuming 422 GB of disk in system & reserved…
Window manager hopped back to Gnome. Considering giving i3 another shake.
Gave up on i3, maybe I'll come back to it again some day, and trying KDE Plasma 6 on Trixie now. What's your favorite window manager for Linux?
August 13, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Window manager hopped back to Gnome. Considering giving i3 another shake.
Playing with puncturing today.
August 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Playing with puncturing today.
Got some FOMO from not going to DEFCON but last time I went by myself I did not have a good time and felt overwhelmed. Need friends to go with next time!
August 11, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Got some FOMO from not going to DEFCON but last time I went by myself I did not have a good time and felt overwhelmed. Need friends to go with next time!
Gave up on i3, maybe I'll come back to it again some day, and trying KDE Plasma 6 on Trixie now. What's your favorite window manager for Linux?
August 11, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Gave up on i3, maybe I'll come back to it again some day, and trying KDE Plasma 6 on Trixie now. What's your favorite window manager for Linux?
Having fun customizing tmux configuration.
August 8, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Having fun customizing tmux configuration.
You know you have a cool job when you get to heat up APs for science.
August 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
You know you have a cool job when you get to heat up APs for science.
Finally got myself a frame.work laptop for a modern Linux daily!
August 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Finally got myself a frame.work laptop for a modern Linux daily!
Decompression curtsy of Lego.
July 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Decompression curtsy of Lego.
As quick as we started, all good events come to a close. We’ve started our rolling teardown that will continue into tomorrow evening as the show closes. Thanks for the memories and lessons learned. #HPEDiscover #DiscoNOC
June 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
As quick as we started, all good events come to a close. We’ve started our rolling teardown that will continue into tomorrow evening as the show closes. Thanks for the memories and lessons learned. #HPEDiscover #DiscoNOC
35k unique clients entire conference, 10k client associations right now, 10k APs. #HPEDiscover #DiscoNOC
June 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
35k unique clients entire conference, 10k client associations right now, 10k APs. #HPEDiscover #DiscoNOC
10k APs (mix of mostly AOS-8 and <200 AOS-10) and 5k clients opening morning of #HPEDiscover #DiscoNOC
June 23, 2025 at 5:34 PM
10k APs (mix of mostly AOS-8 and <200 AOS-10) and 5k clients opening morning of #HPEDiscover #DiscoNOC
Central also alerted on this issue which was one of the clues for us to go hunting #HPEDiscover #DiscoNOC #RFHunter
June 22, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Central also alerted on this issue which was one of the clues for us to go hunting #HPEDiscover #DiscoNOC #RFHunter
June 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM
June 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
A few more diamond cut APs ready to be installed at #HPEDiscover #DiscoNOC 💎⛏️
June 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
A few more diamond cut APs ready to be installed at #HPEDiscover #DiscoNOC 💎⛏️
The network goes to 11 at #HPEDiscover #DiscoNOC
June 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The network goes to 11 at #HPEDiscover #DiscoNOC
The Wi-Fi 7 APs are starting to come online!
June 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The Wi-Fi 7 APs are starting to come online!
We're running an enterprise scale event network at #HPEDiscover #DiscoNOC in Vegas for 2025. We have the entire team on site ready to talk about what we did, how we did it, and show metrics / usage stats. Stop by the Networking Neighborhood and say Hi! community.arubanetworks.com/discussion/e...
June 20, 2025 at 3:52 PM
We're running an enterprise scale event network at #HPEDiscover #DiscoNOC in Vegas for 2025. We have the entire team on site ready to talk about what we did, how we did it, and show metrics / usage stats. Stop by the Networking Neighborhood and say Hi! community.arubanetworks.com/discussion/e...
This is to extend the event network into the rest of the venue outside of the expo halls.
The expo halls will be using the latest AOS-10 builds and New Central to power AP-735s and AP-755s that I posted a photo of earlier.
The expo halls will be using the latest AOS-10 builds and New Central to power AP-735s and AP-755s that I posted a photo of earlier.
We've exceeded 10k house APs at #HPEDiscover #DiscoNOC
June 20, 2025 at 12:22 AM
This is to extend the event network into the rest of the venue outside of the expo halls.
The expo halls will be using the latest AOS-10 builds and New Central to power AP-735s and AP-755s that I posted a photo of earlier.
The expo halls will be using the latest AOS-10 builds and New Central to power AP-735s and AP-755s that I posted a photo of earlier.