Matthew Gast, Aerohive’s ![]()
Director of Product Management, and the author of 802.11 Wireless Networks: The Definitive Guide (O'Reilly), has just completed writing his latest book: 802.11ac: A Survival Guide (O'Reilly). With the arrival of 802.11ac technology and Matthew’s passion for discussing it, we decided to do a seven-part video series on the topic.
Director of Product Management, and the author of 802.11 Wireless Networks: The Definitive Guide (O'Reilly), has just completed writing his latest book: 802.11ac: A Survival Guide (O'Reilly). With the arrival of 802.11ac technology and Matthew’s passion for discussing it, we decided to do a seven-part video series on the topic.
This first video is an introduction to 802.11ac. Matthew provides an overview of the technology and information on what’s coming up. He covers what you need to be aware of as you think about what 802.11ac means for your network.
In this video, Matthew - who currently serves as chair of both the Wi-Fi Alliance's security task groups, was the first chair of the Wireless Network Management Marketing task group, and is the past chair of the IEEE 802.11 revision task group - shares quick notes on the history of 802.11ac as an IEEE project and why it was developed.
- Why 802.11ac?
- How does 802.11ac deliver higher speeds?
- What will the first and second wave of 802.11ac contain?
Matthew's next video in our 802.11ac series will talk about how to plan your network.