CTS 092: Update From Extreme Networks - Clear To Send: Wireless Network Engineering

Summary: Mike Leibovitz joins the show to speak about exciting times at Extreme Networks, what they’ve done with acquisitions and where they are headed, Extreme Wi-Fi updates with AC Wave 2, and more.<br> <br> Mike Leibovitz of Extreme Networks<br> 10 years Mike has been at Extreme Networks. Since 2007/2008 he has focused primarily on Wi-Fi. He has done his fair share of work from sales enginneer, switching, routing, and voice. The way Mike Leibovitz got into Wi-Fi was through a project. Now he holds Director of Product Strategy role for wireless projects.<br> There are two Wi-Fi product lines that Extreme Networks carries. One is for the campus market and the other is for distributed enterprise. In a campus environment, you’ll want more with the control plane for things such as layer 3 roaming and centralization of traffic.<br> Extreme Network’s flagship access point is a Wave 2 4×4 with a tri-radio. It works with their security solution, AirDefense.<br> A key thing to know about is the Flow based characteristics which splits the data plane. Analytics runs on top and then you have flow based rules.<br> This episode on Extreme Networks goes into so much more information. Listen to hear more about:<br> <br> * Beyond RF<br> * Security<br> * 802.11ax<br> <br> Links and Resources<br> <br> * <a href="http://www.extremenetworks.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Extreme Networks</a><br> * Mike Leibovitz on <a href="https://twitter.com/mikeleibovitz" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Twitter</a><br> <br>