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Latency and speed used to be the key performance indicators, but when dealing with many different kinds of activity simultaneously, QED provides a much better quality indicator. A Teams conference call requires a different approach than streaming The Mandalorian or taking names in Fortnite.  QED stands for Quality of Experience...

Your customers expect reliable internet access at all times. So, you provide them with the right network equipment and cabling. Case closed? Well, not entirely. Before the first byte can be transmitted, you need the get the foundations right. That implies getting the best possible provisioning servers up and running...

Why is my Wi-Fi connection so bad? The answer is not always obvious. Diagnosing your internet connection is pretty tough, let alone troubleshooting. Sometimes it’s due to the configuration of the devices. Yet the network, too, could make a bad decision. Even wireless mesh networks are not infallible. Here’s how...

When testing network devices, all that really matters is: Will the device be capable of delivering a good experience to the end user? Will you be able to play your best game of Counter-Strike, uninhibited by any network related issue? And did you lose that game because of lag? Or...

The battle for network speed and capacity is on in home networks. For smooth videoconferencing and online gaming services, low latency is key. Streaming and download services require high bandwidth. All that competition for speed and capacity puts your network quality under serious pressure. Active Queue Management (AQM) to the...

TL;DR*: Faster speeds: about 3.6 times faster than Wi-Fi 6 on 2.4GHz, 5GHz and 6GHz Up to 40Gbps speeds Wider bandwidth, across multiple bands (MLO) Lower latency, even in congested environments Improvements to worst-case latency & jitter * abbreviation: too long; didn’t read: used by the writer before a summary...