Tinsel kills Wi-Fi. Film at 11

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Tim Higgins

This release from AirMagnet gave me a chuckle this morning. Seems it’s bad enough that putting up holiday decorations might get you reported to H.R. by those who don’t celebrate your particular holiday. But now they might also screw up your wireless LAN.

So while making your list and checking it twice, be sure to include a before and after WLAN site survey in your holiday preparations…

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