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Jim Palmer

Sr Staff Solutions Architect. I love to work out so my favorite exercise is jumping to conclusions. After a workout, I’ll ponder some of my favorite quotes like, “It Depends” from Sam Clements. When finished, I’ll rock out to symphonic heavy metal from Finland to relax.
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WLPC2019PHX-Head-Shots_112 Jim Palmer

July 14, 2022

6 GHz: The Sizzle, the Speed—and the Sobering Reality

Jim Palmer explains how a Wi-Fi specification’s exciting numbers don’t always translate directly into real-world application performance—and how some thoughtful reimagining of Wi-Fi architecture can unlock an entirely different kind of performance that’s worth getting excited about.

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February 18, 2021

So Really, What is the Big Deal with MAC Randomization? - Part 3

The autumn of 2020 saw the WLAN world in a little bit of a frenzy due to the implementation of MAC Randomization as a default setting in Apple’s iOS 14.

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September 21, 2020

So, What’s the Big Deal about MAC Randomization? - Part 2

MAC randomization is a privacy feature that has been an optional setting in many devices but with the introduction of Apple’s iOS 14 operating system, it is now enabled by default. In this blog, Jim Palmer explains why it is a big deal and what we do now.

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September 18, 2020

So, What’s the Big Deal about MAC Randomization? - Part 1

Apple is now enabling random MAC addresses for everything their device does by default. Random MAC addresses aren’t all bad. In the world of Wi-Fi, everything engineers do is a balancing act. In this blog, Jim Palmer explains that from the user’s point of view, it’s a tradeoff between anonymity and ease of access to a network.

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November 21, 2019

Why I Chose Ruckus Networks

Jim Palmer recently joined Ruckus Networks as a Sr Staff Solutions Architect and pens his first Ruckus Room blog discussing why he joined the company.

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