The Summer 2025 QA Cafe Newsletter

Hi all,

Introducing your 2025 QA Cafe crew! We’ve grown into a team of twenty - a collection of experts in network testing and analysis who are passionate about protocols and packets. Here’s a bit of what we’ve been up to since April.

 

Putting Wi-Fi Range vs. Rate Performance Into Your Test Strategy

With the release of the new Wi-Fi Range vs. Rate Expansion for CDRouter, the possibilities for adding regular, repeatable RvR performance testing are huge. Watch this webinar on the RvR Expansion and explore our recent article on when to include RvR testing in your strategy.

Ready to add Wi-Fi Range vs. Rate testing to your test strategy? Reach out to us to learn more.

 

Ways to Deploy Enterprise-Grade Packet Analysis

Enterprise-grade packet analysis enables global organizations to support their IT teams at scale while keeping costs predictable and operations secure. Different organizations have different needs in this area, however, and CloudShark Enterprise’s unlimited license is designed to accommodate these use cases. Check out our latest articles on pcap analysis deployment models, including:

  • Keeping Packet Data Local: Deploying Your Analysis Tools Regionally
  • Analyze Where the Packets Are: Deploying Per Data Center or Per Customer
  • Total Pcap Isolation: Deploying Analysis Tools for High-Stakes Investigations
 

The Packet Analysis Problem - Overlook it at Your Own Risk

As more companies incorporate Packet Viewer into their applications, we examined the science and culture behind packet analysis and why everyone should consider incorporating it into their toolset. Also, check out our very special podcast episode with Gerald Combs, inventor of Wireshark!

Why Packet Analysis Still Matters (and Why You’re Running Out of People Who Can Do It)

“One company I worked with, the director was a packet analysis evangelist and made them a key part of their workflow. Now that team is crushing their goals. They’re finding problems faster and knocking it out of the park.” - Chris Greer, Packet Pioneer

In this interview with Chris Greer from Packet Pioneer, we explore some of the reasons the packet analysis skills gap exists and what you can do about it.

Why Remote Troubleshooting Falls Short Without Packet Analysis

"Capture the packets and send them to me." If your remote troubleshooting process includes this phrase, you're adding unnecessary friction at the worst possible moment.

In this article, we explore how integrated Wireshark packet analysis transforms remote troubleshooting applications in ways cloud-managed network and cybersecurity application users need most.

 
 
Epik Mellon podcast - the humans of networking
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Watch the latest Epik Mellon podcasts!

Hosted by our own Jason Walls, Epik Mellon is a podcast about the real people and crazy stories behind networking, standards, and cybersecurity. Watch the videos on YouTube, or listen on your favorite podcast platform below: 

  • Apple
  • Spotify
  • Amazon

Latest episodes:

  • “Products, Progress, and Podcasts” with John Barlow at Consult.Red

  • “The Magic of Wi-Fi” with Peter Mackenzie, Director at MQ Training Services

  • “The Death and Life of Broadcast TV” with Randy Krull, of Freecast

  • "Getting Out of Their Own Way" with Alexandre Martins of Automa Networks

  • “The Wireshark Story” with Gerald Combs of Sysdig

  • “Why we love our jobs” with Tiffany Groves, Marcom Manager at the Broadband Forum

 
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