After five years of silence, the Ninjas return. Technically, this is our third attempt at recording episode one. The first was too inappropriate for the internet, the second got cancelled for a barbecue, and this one finally made it out alive. Recorded in person at Mac's brand new Cotswolds hotel, soon to be famous on Homes Under the Hammer.
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Where we've both been for five years: Matt still at Ekahau (now part of Ookla, now part of Accenture, keep up), Mac out building a property empire with 15 Airbnbs, 7 owned assets, and an estate agency, because apparently he wasn't busy enough
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Wi-Fi for Airbnbs: why prosumer mesh beats enterprise kit for short-term rentals, and why TP-Link Deco surprised everyone in our 110-test WiFi Design Day showdown
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Designing Wi-Fi for a 400-year-old building with 1.2-metre stone walls measuring 100+ dB of attenuation. Yes, you read that right. The Sidekick just gave up counting
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The salt and pepper cheat: six UniFi APs leaning on cross-floor coverage through thin ceilings instead of fighting walls that laugh at RF
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Fast roaming on a personal SSID: 802.11r in a holiday let, because guests deserve better than captive portals asking for your email so they can spam you later
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The full ECSE refresh: Design, Troubleshooting, and Advanced, all rebuilt around Ekahau AI Pro Online, with more hands-on labs, real-world troubleshooting scenarios, and no more melting netbooks
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The Accenture acquisition: what we know, what we don't, and why Matt being kept out of the loop is actually great for legal reasons
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The time we tried to explain Cockney rhyming slang to the owner of the company, and he genuinely thought we were winding him up
Milestone alert: 100,000+ downloads and still the number two Wi-Fi podcast in the world, despite five years of doing absolutely nothing. The fundamentals don't change, apparently.
What's next: More episodes, new perspectives (engineer life vs business owner life), guests grabbed at events, and a website that finally works. Got a topic you want covered? Drop it in the comments or reach out.
See you on the next one. Probably not in another five years.
