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Recent Project – Coyote Valley RV Park

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What are travelers looking for the minute they arrive at their destination?..the quality of the wireless network. Mobile devices are increasing the demand for ubiquitous coverage, stable connections, consistence performance and network bandwidth.

The Coyote Valley RV Resort in Morgan Hill understands the need for guest internet services and contacted SF WiFi for a wireless solution. This project entails saturating the site with signal from main building, pool, common areas and all the guest mobile homes. Design challenges included supporting a large capacity of users across a very large physical site. Our wireless solution provides superior coverage, capacity and ease of use management features to seamlessly support today’s mobile user. SF WiFi specializes in hospitality wireless solutions and has designed, installed and supports over 50 San Francisco Bay area hospitality wireless networks.

Not just limited to downtown San Francisco SF WiFi also has wireless clients in Santa Cruz, Oakland and most of the bay area tourist hot spots.

SF WiFi also supports enterprise business clients, apartment wireless, site surveys and continued support.

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Favorite Wireless Hot Spots in the San Francisco area

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When it is time to take a break but there is still the need to get a bit of work completed these hot spots are a relaxing place to hide away.

Davids Deli at the Touchstone Hotel – Downtown SF
The library at the Marines Memorial Hotel – Downtown SF
The lobby at the Chancellor Hotel – Downtown SF
Poolside at the Maple Tree Inn – Sunnyvale

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Microsoft yanks Windows RT 8.1 update

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Microsoft yanks Windows RT 8.1 update after users report machine-bricking boot errors

Some users are reporting getting a blue screen and a message telling them that their ”Boot Configuration File is missing some required information.”

Here’s the company’s full statement, which doesn’t mention when the update will get back online.

Microsoft is investigating a situation affecting a limited number of users updating their Windows RT devices to Windows RT 8.1.
As a result, we have temporarily removed the Windows RT 8.1 update from the Windows Store. We are working to resolve the situation as quickly as possible and apologize for any inconvenience. We will provide updates as they become available.

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iOS 7 and Captive Portal Issues

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The release of iOS 7 has created some issues for wireless users. Specifically for updated iOS users connecting to wireless networks with captive portal functions. This is not a wireless hardware issue. The standard iOS pop up to connect to splash page may not function. Apple has changed the way iPhone performs the test to see if the device is connected behind a captive portal. Splash pages can be accessed by simply opening a web browser although some users are not familiar with that technique. 
There are other work a rounds and configuration fixes that can be applied to the wireless network. Contact SF WiFi for more information
support@sf-wifi.com

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The Data Perfect Storm

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The perfect storm of wireless data hit our San Francisco and Bay Area wireless networks last week.

  • Oracle Open World brought in the people and our networks observed almost triple the typical number of wireless connected devices at our hospitality and enterprise clients.
  • The iPhone iOS update then pushed bandwidth usage and data downloads to a new level. It seemed everywhere we looked iPhones were downloading the update.
  • We even had a IT manager asking where was all this traffic was coming from while he admitted he was currently updating his iPhone

Fortunately for our clients SF WiFi designs and installs high capacity and high speed wireless networks. We did not have one downed wireless network, one system reboot or a single screaming hotel general manager during this data perfect storm.

In fact this “data storm” was a great time for us to observe our network infrastructure under increased stress, look at config options and offer clients tweaks to optimize performance.

And congratulations to Oracle Team USA for winning the America’s Cup.

During the weeks of competition SF WiFi caught small views of the races as we commuted the city from project to project.

Racing on the Bay
Racing on the Bay

 

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Wireless Bridge San Francisco

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When the time came for our customer to expand and open a cross town office/warehouse they contracted SF WiFi to design and install a building to building wireless bridge to extend their existing network.
Project Description:
Design and install a stable and secure data link connecting the remote office to the home office local network

pt2pt diag

Solution:
SF WiFi designed and installed a stable and secure wireless bridge with high speed
access points utilizing the 5GHz channel. This solution offers enterprise spec features
such as channel interference avoidance, AES based security and higher data throughput
rates than T1/E1 or xDSL lines at only a fraction of the cost.

A foggy day in Daly City:
This wifi bridge from home office to remote office is a 4.2 mile link. The picture at the left is the South S.F. office access point and illustrates that the client is literally redeiving data from the cloud.

ap view in the fog blog
Literally receiving data from the cloud

 

 

 

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Best California hotels along the coast

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Inn at the Presidio, San Francisco

It used to be that only campers and soldiers could bed down in the Presidio. Now the Inn at the Presidio, built in 1903 as officers’ quarters, sets 26 comfy rooms right in the middle of the park. The restored brick beauty has tile fireplaces and wide porches whose rocking chairs are perfect for peeping the Golden Gate Bridge.

http://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/Best-California-hotels-along-the-coast-4765883.php#photo-5104222

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Hospitality Wireless Solutions

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What are business and vacation travelers looking for the minute they arrive at a hotel.. The quality of the wireless network. Guests with mobile devices are ever increasing the demand for ubiquitous coverage, stable connections, consistence performance and network bandwidth.

Oceano Hotel and Spa
Oceano Hotel and Spa

The Oceano Hotel and Span in Half Moon Bay understands the need for guest internet services and contacted SF WiFi for a wireless solution.
Oceano Hotel and Spa, Half Moon Bay’s premier luxury hotel, is a place to bask in the exquisite beauty of the Northern California Coast. Situated right beside Pillar Point Harbor, Oceano features magnificent views of the coast, incredible harbor sunsets, and lavish accommodations.
This project entails saturating the property with signal for guest rooms, meeting rooms and common areas. Design challenges included supporting a large capacity of users in the ballrooms and meeting rooms. Also the spacious rooms and layout offered coverage challenges.
Our wireless solution provides superior coverage, capacity and ease of use management features to seamlessly support today’s mobile user. SF WiFi specializes in hospitality wireless solutions and has designed, installed and supports over 50 San Francisco Bay area hospitality wireless networks.
Not just limited to downtown San Francisco SF WiFi also has wireless clients in Santa Cruz, Oakland and most of the bay area tourist hot spots.
SF WiFi also supports enterprise business clients, apartment wireless, site surveys and continued support.

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July – Whew!

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July has been a busy month for SF WiFi. Our July projects included:

Downtown San Francisco Point to Point bridge
Big Box store (unnamed) wireless site survey
Parking garage wireless installation supporting POS wireless applications
Hotel wireless installations (several)
Enterprise wireless installation
Support to all of our existing clients

Also attended the WordPress 2013.